▁Turkey , ▁Middle ▁East , ▁and ▁Central ▁Asia . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁ ▁Man aging ▁Part ner ▁of ▁M FI ' s ▁bro ker age ▁affili ate , ▁M FI ▁Sec ur ities , ▁L . P ., ▁trad ing ▁in ▁the ▁capital ▁mark ets ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁regions . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁M FI ▁established ▁the ▁Turkey ▁O pport unity ▁Fund ▁to ▁invest ▁in ▁Turkish ▁equ ities . ▁Kö pr ül ü ▁is ▁currently ▁ad visor ▁on ▁Emer ging ▁Mark ets ▁to ▁four ▁h edge ▁fund ▁groups ▁based ▁in ▁New ▁York . ▁ ▁Kö pr ül ü ▁is ▁also ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Bre tt on ▁Wood s ▁Committee . ▁He ▁was ▁presented ▁with ▁an ▁Award ▁of ▁Ex cell ence ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁from ▁the ▁International ▁Center ▁in ▁New ▁York . ▁He ▁wrote ▁a ▁sem inal ▁piece ▁in ▁the ▁Bre tt on ▁Wood s ▁News letter ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁out lin ing ▁his ▁th esis ▁that ▁the ▁emer ging , ▁growing ▁global ▁deb t ▁crisis ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 5 - 2 0 1 6 ▁would ▁change ▁the ▁econom ies ▁of ▁the ▁major ▁world ▁countries ▁in ▁significant ▁ways . ▁ ▁Phil anth ropy ▁Kö pr ül ü ' s ▁char itable ▁work ▁has ▁mainly ▁focused ▁on ▁strength ening ▁educational ▁and ▁cultural ▁t ies ▁between ▁the ▁U . S . ▁and ▁Turkey . ▁He ▁is ▁the ▁Chair man ▁of ▁The ▁American ▁Turkish ▁Society . ▁He ▁is ▁the