Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Tevfik KARTAL is a capital market professional. He received a Ph.D. degree in banking from Marmara University, İstanbul/Turkey in 2017, and received an Associate Professor degree in banking from Inter-Universities Board, Ankara/Turkey in 2020. His research interest focuses mainly on banking, central banking, economics, finance, capital markets, financial institutions, financial markets, and financial legislations. He has authored 1 book, 2 book reviews, 20 book chapters, 59 articles, and 12 proceedings in Turkish and English, some of which are indexed in SSCI, SCOPUS, and ESCI indices. Besides, his 4 articles have been accepted for publication and 13 articles have been under review. Also, he works on various articles related to CDS spreads, commodities, FX rates, interest rates, NPL, and stock market index currently. Moreover, he has a referee role in 53 national and international journals indexed in SSCI, SCOPUS, and ESCI as well.