Mehmet Hakkı Suçin

Mehmet Hakkı Suçin (born 1970) is an author, literary translator and Arabist from Turkey.

Born in Tuzluca, (then part of Kars), he graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Letters in 1993.

He worked as a translator and interpreter in the Kuwait Embassy to Turkey (1993–1998).

He completed his masters thesis on Egyptian novelist and short story author Yahya Haqqi.

His PhD was on equivalence problems and strategies in Arabic-Turkish translation and vice versa.

Suçin was one of the team members who produced the semi-dramatic documentary named "Golden Wings: A Story of Courage", sponsored by Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT).

He also worked as a visiting fellow at The Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies, at the University of Manchester.

Suçin chaired commission prepared Arabic curriculums based on CEFR for primary and secondary schools in Turkey (2012-2014).

He has been conducting workshops on literary translation, translation and interpretation since 2012.

He translated into Turkish from both classical and modern Arabic literature including Mu'allaqat poets, Ibn Hazm, Adonis, Mahmoud Darwish, Kahlil Gibran, Nizar Qabbani, Mohammed Bennis and many others.

Suçin also translated Turkish literature into Arabic.

He is a member of International Association of Arabic Dialectology (AIDA).

His studies focus on translation studies, Arabic literature, and teaching Arabic to non-native speakers.

He recently works as a Full Professor at Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey.

Some of his basic publications:

Suçin was one of the Members of the Judges at the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) in 2014, and Members of Judges at the Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation in 2015.

He won “The Best Translated Book” by Turkish Authors' Association in Turkey in 2016.