Economist
(b. 1948, Adıyaman - d. 11 June 2020, Istanbul) ). He graduated from İstanbul High Institute of Islam (1972)
and from İstanbul University, Faculty of Economics (1976). He became an
assistant at the same faculty in 1980. He received the degree of “Doctor of
Economics” from İstanbul University, Faculty of Economics in 1981, with his
thesis “Gazali’nin İktisat Felsefesi” (Philosophy of Economics by Gazali), which he
prepared under the supervision by Prof. Dr. Sabri F. Ülgener. In 1980, he
became an assistant at the İstanbul University, Faculty of Economics, Chair of
Social Politics. At the end of 1982, he began to give lectures at Marmara
University, Faculty of Economical and Administrative Sciences, Department of
Economics as an assistant professor. During the educational semester of
1982-1983, he lectured at Erzurum Atatürk University, Faculty of Economical and
Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics and then resumes his Office at
Marmara University. In 1986, he became an associate professor at the same university.
Between 1989 and 1990, he worked at London University, London School of
Economics and Political Sciences as a research scholar. In May, 1993, he became
a professor at Marmara University, Department of Economics. Between 1992 and
1994, he served as a professor of economics at International Islamic University
in Malaysia, and at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and
Civilization (which is an organization on the status of Post-Graduate Studies
Institute) between 1995 and 1997. He took his pension off from professorship at
Marmara University, Department of Economics and continued his studies at the
International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization as a professor of
economics.
WORKS
RESEARCH-STUDY:
Gazali’nin İktisat Felsefesi (Philosophy
of Economics by Gazali, 1984), Gazalî:
Hakikat Araştırması - Felsefe Eleştirisi ve Etkisi (Gazali: Reserch of
Reality – A Critic and Influence of Philosophy, 1986), İktisat Tarih ve Toplum (Economics, History and Society, 2001).
EDITION (As
an editor): Bilgi, Bilim ve İslam (Information, Science and Islam, 1987), Para, Faiz ve İslam (Money, Interest and
Islam, 1987), Türkiye’de Zekat
Potansiyeli (The Potential of Offering in Turkey, 1987), İşçi-İşveren İlişkileri (Relations
Between Employers and Employees, 1990), Modernleşme,
İslam Dünyası ve Türkiye (Modernization, Islam World and Turkey, 2001).
Besides, he made translations from K. R. Popper and Abdülaziz Duri.