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public choice constitutional political economy institutional economics dokuz public choice , george mason university , usa -rsb- eylül university -lsb- http://www.gmu.edu/centers/publicchoice/ center for study of 25 january 1963 canaktan.jpg coşkun can aktan
 coşkun can aktan
coşkun can aktan

coşkun can aktan -lrb- born 1963 -rrb- is an economist and a professor at the faculty of economics and management at dokuz eylül university in İzmir , turkey .
he is also founder and currently chairman of the social sciences research society -lrb- sosres -rrb- .
he earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees from dokuz eylul university and began teaching there in 1986 , obtaining full professorship in 1996 .
aktan is a leading expert on the privatization of the turkish economy , analyzing and writing on the movement of turkey from a statist to a market economy from its early days , making aktan an early and internationally known source of information on turkey 's move toward a market-based economy .
