Researcher and
writer (b. 1938, Eğirdir / Isparta – d. 22 November 2012, İstanbul). He
attended Kastamonu High School (1935) and graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics (1959).
He worked as the İstanbul and Ankara Department Manager of the State Planning
Organization and at the Ministry of Development and Housing (1961-64). He
became an assistant at the faculty he graduated from (1965). He received his
doctorate degree with the thesis Demographic
and Socio-Economic Condition of the Labor Force in Turkey (1967). He became
assistant professor with the acceptance of his thesis Social Security in terms of Distribution of Income (1969) and to
the position of professor with his thesis on
social insurance (1979). As well as being member of the faculty, he became
the Director of the Turkic World Research Foundation from the time it was
established (July 1980) and supervised the publications of the foundation Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları and Türk Dünyası Tarih. His articles have also been published in the
reviews Türkistan'ın Sesi, İ. Ü. İktisat
Fakültesi, Kubbealtı Akademi and Türk
Edebiyatı.
WORKS
(Research- Study):
Türkiye' den F. Almanya'ya İşgücü Akımı ve Meseleleri (Flow of the
Labor Force from Turkey to W. Germany and Related Matters, with O. Tuna and N.
Ekin, 1966), Türkiye'de İşgücünün
Demografik ve Sosyo-Ekonomik Bünyesi (Demographic and Socio-Economic
Condition of the Labor Force in Turkey, 1968), Gelir Dağılımı Açısından Sosyal Güvenlik (Social
Security in terms of Distribution of Income,
1975), Sosyal Sigorta (Social
Insurance, 1977), Türkiye'de Sosyal
Güvenlik Sistemi ve Meseleleri (The Social Security System in Turkey and
the Issues, 1981), Türkiye' de Sendikal
Hareketler (Activities of Labor Unions in Turkey, short history, 1982), Güneydoğu Anadolu Gelişme Planı (The
Southeastern Anatolia Development Plan, 6th and 7th
volumes containing the general coordination and social planning of this plan).
He has also
edited translations.