Serving at the World Bank when the crisis hit the country in February 2001, Dervis was summoned home by Bulent Ecevit, the prime minister at the time.
U vreme kada je kriza pogodila zemlju u februaru 2001. godine, Derviš je radio u Svetskoj banci i tadašnji premijer Bulent Edževit pozvao ga je da se vrati kući.