Acar Muhittin

Bio

Muhittin Acar is currently Professor of Public Administration in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Hacettepe University, Turkey. He is also serving on Advisory Board of TI-Turkey.

He holds a BA in public administration and political science from Ankara University, an MPM from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Ph.D. in public administration from University of Southern California. Professor Acar’s main research interests include transparency, accountability, and integrity in public, private and nonprofit organizations; public policy and management; corruption and anticorruption in Turkey.

He has been frequently consulted on these subjects by various national and international organizations. He has been a member of EU-funded research consortium, ANTICORRP, between 2012 and 2017 (http://anticorrp.eu).

Selected publications

“Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Corruption in Turkish Public Administration”, In Corruption in Public Administration—an Ethnographic Approach, edited by Davide Torsello, Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, 2016, pp. 162-185.

"Anticorruption Policy in Turkey: Instruments, Issues, and Influences”, In Public Policymaking in a Globalized World, edited by Korel Göymen and Robin Lewis, Istanbul: Sabancı University-IPC, 2015, pp. 289-322.

(with Uğur Emek), “Public Procurement in Infrastructure: The Case of Turkey”, In Government Favouritism in Europe—The Anticorruption Report 3, edited by Alina Mingui-Pippidi, Berlin: Barbara Budrich Publishers, 2015, pp. 84-96.

(with Uğur Emek), “Preventing Corruption in Turkey: Issues, Instruments, and Institutions,” In Preventing Corruption in Asia: Institutional Design and Policy Capacity, edited by Ting Gong and Stephen Ma, New York: Routledge, 2009, pp. 164-188.

(with Uğur Emek), “Building a Clean Government in Turkey: Pillars, Perils, and Prospects”, Crime, Law, and Social Change, 2008, 49 (3), pp. 185-203.