Zeyyat Hatiboğlu (March 16, 1925 - May 29, 2018) was a Turkish professor of

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

and

business administration Business administration is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. Overview The administration of a business includes the performance o ...

Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University, also known as Technical University of Istanbul (, commonly referred to as İTÜ), is an public university, public technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical university ...

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

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. He also served on the board of trustees of

Doğuş University Doğuş University (or simply Doğuş) is a foundation university located in Ümraniye, Istanbul. Description Doğuş University has twenty programmes in the faculties of Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Economics and Administrative Sciences, ...

Career

Hatiboğlu completed elementary school and high school in

Trabzon Trabzon, historically known as Trebizond, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. The city was founded in 756 BC as "Trapezous" by colonists from Miletus. It was added into the Achaemenid E ...

, his birthplace. He obtained his BA in economics at

Istanbul University Istanbul University, also known as University of Istanbul (), is a Public university, public research university located in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded by Mehmed II on May 30, 1453, a day after Fall of Constantinople, the conquest of Constantinop ...

in 1946 and his Ph.D. in economics at

in 1950. He became an assistant professor at

and became an associate professor in 1952 and a full professor in 1962. He completed post-doctoral studies at

Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate school, graduate business school of Harvard University, a Private university, private Ivy League research university. Located in Allston, Massachusetts, HBS owns Harvard Business Publishing, which p ...

in 1955 and at

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in 1964. He was a founding member of

, Institute of Management and

, Management Engineering Faculty (1978). He served as the dean of the faculty until 1983. In addition to serving as a consultant and board member at various institutions, he also worked as the dean of Business Administration Faculty of Bahrein University between 1983 and 1985. He continued to serve as a member of board of trustees of

since its inception in 1997.

Publications

Zeyyat Hatiboğlu has over 200 books, of which more than 30 are in English. He covers a wide range of topics, including

macroeconomics Macroeconomics is a branch of economics that deals with the performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of an economy as a whole. This includes regional, national, and global economies. Macroeconomists study topics such as output (econ ...

, economic growth, Turkish economy, commerce, finance, marketing and accounting. The

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houses 30 of his books. His cornerstone work is "An Unconventional Analysis of the Turkish Economy", in which he describes an alternative system for describing economic growth and other macroeconomic parameters. A list of selected publications: * İktisat Bilimi ve Türkiye İktisadı (The Science of Economics and the Turkish Economy) (10 volumes). * The filling of the gaps and correction of inadequate analyses in introductory and intermediate textbooks on the princinples of economics (2 volumes)

References

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