Sadi Gülçelik

Sadi Gülçelik
Personal information
Born	22 October 1930; Istanbul, Turkey
Died	19 August 1980 (aged 49); Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Nationality	Turkish
Career history
	Galatasaray Basketball
	Karagücü
	Modaspor

Sadi Gülçelik (22 October 1930–19 August 1980) was a Turkish basketball player, civil engineer and entrepreneur.

Biography

Sadi Gülçelik was born in Istanbul, Turkey on 22 October 1930.^[1] He played for Galatasaray Volleyball and Galatasaray Basketball, which was nicknamed "The invincible Armada" (Turkish: Yenilmez Armada).^[2] Gülçelik was also part of the basketball teams Karagücü and Modaspor.^[3] He participated at the 1952 Summer Olympics^{[broken anchor]} in Helsinki, Finland.^[1]^[4] He scored 206 points in total for the Turkey national basketball team.^[3]

He graduated from Istanbul Technical University as a civil engineer and established Enka Construction Co. with his brother-in-law Şarık Tara in 1957.^[5]

Gülçelik died in an air disaster in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 19 August 1980.^[1]

A sports complex, Enka Sadi Gülçelik Spor Sitesi, in Sarıyer, Istanbul, is named in his honor.^[3]^[6]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Sadi Gülçelik". Sports Reference/Okympic Sports. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
^ "Yenilmez Armada 10. Kez Şampiyon" (in Turkish). Galatasaray Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hiçyılmaz, Ergun (12 September 2010). "Oh be 'dünya' varmış'". Posta (in Turkish). Retrieved 2 May 2014.
^ "1924'den 1960'a olimpiyatta 7 takım". Zaman (in Turkish). 5 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
^ "Tarihçe" (in Turkish). ENKA. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
^ "Enka Sadi Gülçelik Spor Sitesi" (in Turkish). İstanbul Spor Envanteri. Retrieved 2 May 2014.

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