Hacettepe University, Turkey (HAT)

Website: www.hacettepe.edu.tr/

Hacettepe University (HAT) is a major state university in Ankara, Turkey. The university conducts its activities with 13 faculties, 14 institutes, 2 schools, 1 conservatory, 6 vocational schools, and 45 research and application centres. Hacettepe University pledges itself to train highly qualified individuals for the future of the country in the light of the universal values and availing of its wide experience in science, technology and art and to offer its output in the fields of research, education and service for the benefit of society.

Muhittin Acar

Muhittin Acar

Muhittin Acar is Professor of Public Administration in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. He holds a BA in political science from Ankara University; an MPM from Carnegie Mellon University; and a Ph.D. in public administration from University of Southern California. His main research interests include accountability, integrity and democratization in governance; local and regional development; partnerships, networks and collaborative forms of governance; and civil society.
Uğur Emek

Uğur Emek

Uğur Emek is an Associate Professor of Economics and a Senior Expert in the Ministry of Development, Ankara, Turkey. He is currently a visiting research fellow at Hacettepe University and teaches at Baskent University on a part-time basis. His main research interests include competition & regulation in network industries; public procurement & public-private partnerships in infrastructure; anti-corruption; financial economics; and Turkish economy.