Prof. Mustafa Acar

Department of Economics

Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1996-2000 Ph.D. in Economics, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN, USA

1994-1996 MSc. in Economics, Purdue University, USA

1986-1994 Market research, assistant specialist, Turkstat and Isbank, Ankara, Turkey

1981-1986 BA in Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

1978-1981 Cumhuriyet High School, Eregli/Konya, Turkey

Publications (Selected)

Books

1. Acar, M. (2023), TURSKO: eknomsko çudo 2000-ih, translated by S. Dazdarevic and R. Mehmedovic, Tuzla (Bosnia): Dialogos.
2. Acar, M. (2022), Türkiye’s Economy in the 2000s: Is it A Success Story?, Konya: Literatürk Academia.
3. Acar, M. (2021), Liberal Thought, Freedom and Free Market Economy, İzmir: SOBIAD Law and Economics Studies Pub. https://www.academia.edu/50975587/Liberal_D%C3%BC%C5%9F%C3%BCnce_%C3%96zg%C3%BCrl%C3%BCk_ve_Serbest_Piyasa_Ekonomisi
4. Acar, M. (2020), Social Sciences Dictionary (with O. Demir), Extended and Revised 7th Edition, Konya: Literatürk Academia.
5. Acar, M. (2018), Globalization as a Leveling and Liberating Process, 2nd Edition, Konya: Literatürk Academia.
6. Acar, M. (2018), Current Economic Debates, Revised 3th Edition, Konya: Literatürk Academia. (1th Edition: 2009, 2th Edition 2013, Ankara: Orion.)
7. Acar, M. (2018), Universal Laws and Eternal Problems of Economics, Konya: Literatürk Academia.
8. Aytüre, S. and M. Acar (2018), Turkey’s Agriculture and Pioneers of Agricultural Transformation in the 1980s, Konya: Literatürk.
9. Acar, M. (2018), FETO: Story of a Betrayal from Service to Rout, Ankara: Nobel.
10. Acar, M., O. Demir (Der.) et al. (2018), International Political Economy, Eskisehir: Anadolu Univ. Publishing.
11. Acar, M. and M. Dikkaya (2018), Economic Integration, EU and Turkey, Ankara: Savas.
12. Dikkaya, M. and M. Acar (2016), ed., The European Union in the Aftermath of the Global Crisis, Ankara: Savas.
13. Acar, M. and S. Aytüre (2014), The Future of Agriculture and Agricultural Policies in Turkey and the World, Bursa: Ekin Publications.
14. Acar, M. (2011), Energy, Economy and Climate Policy in the Context of EU Enlargement, (with L. Aydin), Saarbrücken, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG.
15. Acar, M. (2011), Regional Economic Integration and Turkey: EU and Beyond, (with L. Aydin), Saarbrücken, Germany: LAP.
16. Acar, M. (2010), The Role of Agriculture in the Turkey-EU Integration, Saarbrücken, Germany: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH&Co.
17. Acar, M. (2007), Turkish Agriculture on the Road to the EU Membership: Problems, Challenges and Opportunities (with M. Dogan), Istanbul: TUGIAD, 2007. (TUGIAD Economy Awards 2006, Scientific Research Competition, 1st place.)
18. Acar, M. (2006), European Union and Turkey: An Economic and Political Analysis, Ankara: Orion, 2006.
19. Acar, M. (2006), The Future of Turkish Agriculture, Ankara: Orion.
20. Acar, M. (2005), Market, State and Intervention, Ankara: Orion.
21. Acar, M. (2001), Turkish Economy: The Adventure of Free Market Revolution (with M. Toprak and O. Demir), Ankara: Siyasal.

Jornals

1. Yilmaz, M. S. and Acar, M. (2025). A Policy Dilemma in the Context of Turkey’s Sectoral Export Competitiveness: The Role of Exchange Rates and Labor Costs, Politicka Ekonomie 2025, 73(3): 447-470. DOI: 10.18267/j.polek.1459
2. Acar, M. (2024). Free Markets and Economic Performance: Turkish Experience, Necmettin Erbakan University Journal of Faculty of Political Sciences, 6(2): 386-401. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/4261030
3. Acar, M. (2024). Islamic Economics: Its Past, Today, and Future. Vuslat, Kasım 2024, Sayı 281, ss. 102-107.
4. Yılmaz, M. S. and Acar, M. (2024). Döviz Kuru Değişimlerinin Bilanço Etkisi ve Borç Dolarizasyonu: Türk Reel Sektörü Üzerine Ekonometrik Bir Analiz. Sosyoekonomi, 32(60): 427-444. https://doi.org/10.17233/sosyoekonomi.2024.02.20
5. Gümüş, B., & Acar, M. (2023). Türleri, Nedenleri ve Boyutlarıyla Türkiye'de ve Dünyada Yoksulluk Sorunu. Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Dergisi, 5(Özel Sayı), 92-105.
6. Acar, M., & Sever, E. (2022). The Effect of Innovation on Employment: An ARDL Bounds Testing Approach for Turkey. Sosyoekonomi, 30(51), 33-52.
7. Acar, M., & Buldur, S. (2021). Fen bilimleri öğretmenlerinin gözünden merkezi sınavlar: Olumlu ve olumsuz etkileri. Anadolu Journal of Educational Sciences International, 11(1), 390-414.
8. Yildiz, Büsra and Acar, Mustafa (2020), “Creative Class and Regional Development: A Theoretical Investigation,” Euroasia Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 7(1): 36-46. ISSN: 2651-5261.
9. Duran, Mahmut Sami and Acar, Mustafa (2020), “What A Virus Did to the World:
10. Macroeconomic Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic,” IJSES (International Journal of Social and Economic Sciences), 10(1): 54-67.
11. ACAR, Mustafa; BİLİR, Hüsnü (2014). “A True Scholar, A Chosen Character: Sabri Fehmi Ülgener,” KMU Journal of Social and Economic Research, 16 (26): 114-122, 2014, ISSN: 2147-7833.
12. ACAR, Mustafa; BIYIK, Hatice (2014). "The Spirit of Conservative Thought in Turkey: Cemil Meric," Muhafazakar Düsünce, Year 10, Issue 39, January-February-March 2014, pp.71-90.
13. Acar, M. and H. Bilir (2013), “Free Market, Budget and Competition: The Need for a Marketoriented Restructuring at the Universities,” Journal of Higher Education, Dec. 2013, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 184-192.
14. Othman J., M. Acar and Y. Jafari (2013), “Towards OIC Economic Cooperation: Impact of Developing 8 (D-8) Preferential Trade Agreement”, The Singapore Economic Review, June 2013, Vol. 58, No. 02, [18 pages] DOI: 10.1142/S0217590813500094.
15. Aydin, L. and M. Acar (2013), “Economic Implications of Turkey’s Regional Integration with Its Neighborhood,” Bilig (Journal of Social Sciences of the Turkish World), No. 66, (Summer 2013), pp. 41-60.
16. Acar, M. (2013), What Kind of a Higher Education, What Kind of a University? Muhafazakar Düsünce, April 2013, No. 35, pp. 181-189.
17. Acar, M. ve H. Bilir (2012), “Turkey’s Search for A Civil Constitution and Constitutional Economics: Economic and Fiscal Regulations in the New Constitution,” Karamanoglu Mehmetbey Univ. IIBF Journal, June 2012, 15 (24): 87-96.
18. Acar, M. (2012), “Problems and the Need for an Emergent Restructuring at the Universities,” Egitime Bakis, Year 8, No 23, April-May-June 2012, pp. 21-27.

Profile Details

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