Career
Mükerrem Hiç began his academic career at Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics in 1953 as a teaching assistant while studying for his Ph.D. title at the same department. In 1955-1956, he attended Harvard University's Harvard Business School under a special one year MBA program. In 1956-1957 he taught Managerial Accounting at Harvard University. After returning to Istanbul University, he obtained his Ph.D. in economics in 1958.
From 1958 to 1962 he was assistant professor at Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics. He received his tenure and became associate professor in 1962 and continued to teach at Istanbul University. In his sabbatical year of 1964-1965 he taught at Princeton University under a special scholarship program. After returning to Turkey, he became full professor in 1968.
In his tenure as a professor, he held many visiting professor posts, including at Boğaziçi University (Robert College) (1973–1974), Columbia University (1976–1977) and Turkish Military Academy (1977–1978). He then became the director of Institute of Economic Development at Istanbul University, while also working as a consultant to the World Bank in 1980-1983.
He was elected member of Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 1983 elections, the first election held after a military rule in 1980-1983. While in the parliament, he served as consultant on economic issues and Turkey-EU relations after Turkey's submission of formal membership application to the EU.
In 1987, Mükerrem Hiç returned to Istanbul University and established a new economics program in English. He served as the department chair from 1987 to 1996. In 1996 he became professor emeritus and continues to teach Ph.D. level courses at Istanbul University.
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