Page 108 - English 9 & 10 | Summer School Book

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A LEGENDARY FIGURE FOR TURKISH PEOPLE

Mehmet Doğan Cüceloğlu was born as the youngest

of eleven children in Mersin, southern Türkiye in 1938.
Cüceloğlu's mother died when he was ten years old. After

graduating from middle school, he attended high schools
in Ankara and Kırklareli, so he could live with his older

brother.
Cüceloğlu was influenced by a literature teacher during his

high school years in Ankara. Then, he studied Psychology
at İstanbul University. He got a bachelor of Psychology

degree.

After graduation, he went to the United States for his doctoral studies. Next, he earned his Doctor of Psychology
degree in the field of Media Psychology from the University of Illinois in 1967.

During his doctoral studies, Cüceloğlu married Emily, who was also a doctoral student. They had two daughters,
Ayşen and Elif, and a son, Timur. The family moved to Türkiye and lived there for more than ten years while

Cüceloğlu was serving as an academic. In 1975, the family moved back to the U.S.A. After receiving his PhD.,
Cüceloğlu returned home to Türkiye. He taught psychology at Hacettepe University and Boğaziçi University.

Between 1980 and 1996, Cüceloğlu was based in the U.S.A. again, working at California State University, Fullerton.
During this time, he published his first book, İnsan İnsana (Human To Human).

After returning from the U.S.A., Cüceloğlu's works were focused on university students, educators, parents,
and business people. While he was continuing to write books, he gave conferences and seminars. In addition,

he made television programmes. He published more than forty scientific articles and wrote numerous books
on personal development. Cüceloğlu's inspirational life story was chronicled in his book titled İnsanı Ararken

(Searching For Human). Cüceloğlu died on February 16, 2021 because of an aortic dissection.

Some of Cüceloğlu's books include:
• İçimizdeki Çocuk (The Child Inside Us)

• İnsan İnsana (Human to Human)
• Mış Gibi Yaşamlar (Lives As If They Were)

• Başarıya Götüren Aile (The Family That Leads to Success)
• Savaşçı (The Warrior)

• Öğretmen Olmak (To Be A Teacher)
• Geliştiren Anne Baba (Developing Parents)

• Yetişkin Çocuklar (Grown-Up Children)

ORTAÖĞRETİM 108 ENGLISH A1 - A2
GENEL MÜDÜRLÜĞÜ