The Turkish Political Economy Database (trpolecon.notion.site) is a public website where we present a selection of preliminary findings and interactive data visualizations based on our ongoing research into the history of economic ideas in the Republic of Türkiye and the Ottoman Empire in the past 200 years. This dynamic repository serves as a valuable resource for academic researchers interested in understanding the rich intellectual tradition of Turkish economic thought. Professional data analysts and historians of economic ideas are allowed to add, subtract, and redesign the datasets available on this site for advanced thematic analyses openly and freely. Our research findings has been published in The Palgrave Encyclopaedia of Turkish Economists and Economics since 2026, with the full project scheduled for completion in 2031.
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The Palgrave Encyclopaedia of Turkish Economists and Economics is a digital humanities project that documents nearly 700 economists, translators, and thinkers who have shaped economic thought in the Republic of Türkiye and the Ottoman Empire since the 1800s. The project curates detailed biographical, bibliographical, and textual data, using AI tools for analysis and essay generation. The Palgrave Encyclopaedia of Turkish Economists and Economics includes contributions from Turkish and non-Turkish scholars, practitioners, and policymakers. AI-assisted tools and large language models, are employed to summarise, visualise, and interpret historical data. Final entries undergo rigorous human review to ensure academic integrity and accuracy. The project not only enhances understanding of Türkiye’s intellectual history of economics but also demonstrates the potential of computational methods and AI tools in historical research.
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Search authors and read summaries of their contributions in the dataset below:
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Scroll down for primary datasets, data visualisations, Python codes, and much more! Read the project description on GitHub.
Please keep in mind that this is a work in progress. Some scholars may be missing or their contributions underrepresented in our database. We are doing our best to keep the database updated. If you encounter an error, please let us know.
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Have a chat with AI Historian, a specialized digital collaborator dedicated to documenting and analyzing the evolution of economic thought within the Republic of Türkiye and the Ottoman Empire from the 1800s to the present day.
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Explore our core primary datasets that power the Turkish Political Economy Database. Each entry lists the dataset’s name, a public link when available, and a concise AI-generated description to help you assess scope and relevance. This living index supports transparency, reuse, and collaboration by guiding researchers, students, and contributors to the source materials behind our analyses. New datasets are added as they are curated and published, and some items may be marked as forthcoming while documentation is completed.
In this section, we produce data visualizations that power The Turkish Political Economy Database’s stories and analysis. Explore network maps, tables, charts, maps, and Sankey diagrams that reveal people, institutions, and ideas across time. Each entry lists its platform (Notion, Graph Commons, Tableau, or GitHub) and a public link when available, with brief AI-written descriptions for quick context. Use it to compare methods, trace sources, and find reusable views or code. Start below to see how our data becomes insight and narrative.