Sulhi Dölek
Sulhi Dölek (20 September 1948 – 7 November 2005) was a Turkish writer, satirist, mechanical engineer and navy officer.
Biography
Sulhi Dölek was born in Istanbul 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 a cerebral infraction.[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")