I am a Ph.D. Candidate in sociology at Boston University. Working primarily at the intersection of economic and cultural sociology; organizations, occupations and work; and urban studies, I study how the so-called extra-economic is being translated into the economic. I look specifically into how peculiar goods and services are being economized, and how the markets for those goods and services are being constructed. Using ethnographic research tools, my dissertation examines the economization of security as a political, social and affective good and service in the market for private security in Istanbul. I received my B.A. with honors in political science and international relations, and my M.A. in sociology from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey.