Sulhi Dölek (20 September 1948 – 7 November 2005) was a Turkish writer, satirist, mechanical engineer and navy officer.

Biography

Sulhi Dölek was born in

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on 20 September 1948. He joined the

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and studied in the

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. For further studies, he went to the United States. He studied mechanical engineering and marine engineering at

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/ref> He resigned from the Navy in 1988 in the rank of a

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, and continued as a writer. He died on 7 November 2005 due to a cerebral infraction.Haberler
/ref> Even before his retirement, some of his short stories were published in the satirical magazine '' Akbaba''. He also wrote in the dailies ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Works

Below are his boks:

Novels

*1975: ''Korugan'' ("Hangar") *1981: ''Geç Başlayan Yargılama'' ("A Delayed Trial" ) *1982: ''Kiracı'' ("Tenant") *1988: ''Teslim ol Küçük'' ("Surrender, the Little One") *1991: ''Truva Katırı'' (The Mule of Troy) *1997: ''Kirpi'' ("Hedgehog")

Short story books

*1983: ''Vidalar'' ("The Screws") *1994: ''Aynalar'' ("The Mirrors")

Essays and research books

*1983: ''Yergi Nükte ve Fıkralarıyla Yusuf Ziya Ortaç'' ("Yusuf Ziya Ortaç with his Satires Epigram and Anectodes") *1990: ''Balığın şarkısı'' ("The song of the Fish") *1990: ''İçimizdeki Yasakçı'' ("The Forbidder Inside Us") *1997: ''Habis’in Serüvenleri'' ("The Adventures of the Hangdog") He also wrote a number of children's books.

TV and drama

* ''Dünya Dönüyor'' ("The World Rotates") * ''Süper Baba'' ("The Super Father") * ''Külyutmaz'' ("The Cunning") * ''

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'' ("Second Spring") * ''

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'' ("The Hedgehog")

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dolek, Sulhi 1948 births 2005 deaths Writers from Istanbul University of Michigan College of Engineering alumni Turkish Navy officers Turkish mechanical engineers Turkish satirists Satirical short story writers Turkish essayists Turkish male short story writers Turkish dramatists and playwrights Turkish children's writers Akbaba (periodical) people Milliyet people Cumhuriyet people 20th-century essayists Burials at Topkapı Cemetery