Sulhi Dölek

Sulhi Dölek (1948-2005) was a Turkish writer, satirist, mechanical engineer and navy officer.

Sulhi Dölek was born in İstanbul on 20 September 1948. He joined the Turkish Navy and studied in the Naval Academy.[1] For further studies, he went to the United States. He studied mechanical engineering and marine engineering at Michigan University.[2] He resigned from the Navy in 1988 in the rank of a Commander, and continued as a writer. He died on 7 November 2005 due to cerebral hemorrhage.[3]

Even before his retirement, some of his short stories were published in the satirical magazine Akbaba. He also wrote in the dailies Milliyet and Cumhuriyet.[2]

Works

Below are his boks:[2]

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")
  • İkinci Bahar ("Second Spring")
  • Kirpi ("The Hedgehog")

References
  1. Books page (in Turkish)
  2. Bio page
  3. Haberler (in Turkish)
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