User:Canuner/Prof. Dr. Mehmet Mithat ÜNER

M. Mithat Üner (born 1959 -Ankara)  is a Turkish scholar. Originated from Nevşehir he is the grandson of former Gendarmerie General Commander and Democrat Party Edirne MP General Ahmet Kemal Yaşınkılıç and Edibe Yaşınkılıç as well as Nevşehir Mekteb-i İdadi Hüsnühat tutor and Drafting Clerk Mehmet Avni Bey and Feride Hanım. He is the son of former Justice Party Nevşehir MP and former Internal Affairs and Health Minister Prof. Dr. S. Ragıp Üner and Art History tutor F. Sevim Üner. He is married with two children.

Following his primary, secondary, and high school education at TED Ankara College, he graduated from Business Administration Department of Hacettepe University. Consequently, he achieved his MBA from Gazi University Institute of Social Sciences, MSc. degree in International Business from University of Wisconsin-Madison and Phd. in Business from Gazi University Institute of social Sciences. He did his post-doctoral studies at Universita di Pisa, with the Italian Government Scholarship. He started his career as a research assistant at Gazi University Social Sciences Institute in 1984. He had worked as a faculty member at Gazi University Vocational Education, Commerce and Tourism Education, and Economics and Administrative Sciences Faculties between 1991 and 2017. He was designated as assistant professor in 1991, associate professor in the field of marketing in 1994 and as professor in 2000. He had served as the Dean of Gazi University Faculty of Commerce and Tourism between 2000-2005 and the Dean of Gazi University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences between 2011-2015. He had also fulfilled the duties of Gazi University International Programs Coordinator and Representative for the European Universities Association. He had contributed to the training of many faculty members by supervising more than 80 theses from various universities. He had retired from Gazi University in 2017 after 33 years of government service. He has been a faculty member and the dean of the Faculty of Business Administration at Atılım University since 2017. He worked as a part-time lecturer at Başkent, Bilkent, Çankaya and Ahmet Yesevi Universities. He is the founding president of the Marketing and Marketing Research Association.

He published numerous international and national articles, papers and books on strategic marketing, marketing theory, international marketing, service marketing, tourism marketing and sustainability.

Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Ministry Directorate General of Infrastructure Investments, Post and Telegraph Directorate, Turkey Directorate General of Coal Enterprises, Turkish Aerospace Industries, T.R. Small and Medium Enterprises Development and Support Administration, STM Defense Technologies Engineering and Trade A.Ş., Radio and Television Supreme Council, TSK Mehmetcik Foundation, Ankara Trade Chamber are among numerous public and private institutions and organizations he collaborated within various projects.