Atilla Sulker

The summer of 2018 was a transformative time period for me. During that summer, I attended Mises University, an economics seminar in Auburn. My interactions with the many brilliant scholars made me want to follow a path of scholarship myself. It was the scholarly manifesto of Dr. Walter Block that appealed to me, i.e., come up with the craziest ideas, and distill them reasonably until a good end product follows. At the seminar, I also met an editor at 71republic.com, who wanted to bring me on board as a writer. To see other high schoolers (I was a rising high school senior at the time) running a website of such stature instantly inspired me to get published myself. From there, I've found my way to other platforms, including Mises.org, and Fee.org.

My interests in journalism, philosophy, legal theory, ethics, foundations of rights, political science, history, and economics take up a good chunk of my time. I have a great passion for entrepreneurship, marketing, and logistics, a path I plan on pursuing in the future. Music also takes up another large chunk of my interests. I am a guitar player of over 6 years, listening to music ranging from instrumental rock, to surf rock, to metal, to Turkish folk. I also have a great interest in engineering and mathematics, particularly calculus. I am pursuing my degree in electrical engineering at Florida State University.