The winner of the 2020 Asaf Savaş Akat Economics Award, organized for the second time this year by the Journal of Economics and Society, Hacettepe University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences faculty member Dr. M. Aykut Attar. Professor Attar was awarded with his article titled "Long-run economic growth in Turkey: Sources, pitfalls, and prospects".
Attar, who evaluates the long-term growth and development experience of the Turkish economy in the light of different models, examines the main reasons in this field and was awarded the 2017 Hacettepe Science Incentive Award in the field of Social Sciences for his studies on developing a comprehensive model in this field. He works as a lecturer.