M. Aykut Attar's research on the long-run growth dynamics of the Turkish economy received the Asaf Savaş Akat Award in Economics in March 2020 from Professor Asaf Savaş Akat and İktisat ve Toplum Dergisi.

The jury members included Professors Asaf Savaş Akat, Osman Aydoğuş, Ömer Faruk Çolak, Ercan Eren, Ayça Ebru Giritligil, Seyfettin Gürsel, Serdar Sayan, Ayça Tekin-Koru and Erinç Yeldan.

M. Aykut Attar is sincerely grateful to both Asaf Savaş Akat and İktisat ve Toplum for such a great honor.