Background
Onis, Ziya Sakir was born on May 12, 1957 in Istanbul, Turkey. Son of Baki Burhaneddin and Tulin Onis.
Onis, Ziya Sakir was born on May 12, 1957 in Istanbul, Turkey. Son of Baki Burhaneddin and Tulin Onis.
He received his Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees from London School of Economics, Department of Economics. He received his Doctor of Philosophy. from University of Manchester on Development Economics.
From University of Manchester on Development Economics. He worked with Professor Colin Kirkpatrick and Professor Frederick Nixson at Manchester. Öniş took active part in different Organization of European Cooperation and Development and World Bank projects as consultant and prepared reports and working papers.
He is one of the most cited social scientists in Turkey and a world-wide known Turkish political economist.
Öniş has been cited in the Social Science Citation Index about 500 times as of September 2010.
Professor Oniş is a member of The Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBachelor).
Married Dirahsan Fatma Erdogan, August 8, 1981. Children: Gunes Capa, Gokhan Baki.