Nationality Turkish Name Sadi Gulcelik | Role Basketball Player | |
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Died August 19, 1980, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Education Istanbul Technical University | ||
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Sadi Gülçelik (October 22, 1930–August 19, 1980) was a Turkish basketball player, civil engineer and entrepreneur.
SadiGülçelik was born in Istanbul, Turkey on October 22, 1930. He played for Galatasaray Volleyball and Galatasaray Basketball, which was nicknamed "The invincible Armada" (Turkish: Yenilmez Armada), Gülçelik was also part of the basketball teams Karagücü and Modaspor. He participated at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. He scored 206 points in total for the Turkey national basketball team.
He graduated from İstanbul Technical University as a civil engineer and established Enka Construction Co. with his brother-in-law Şarık Tara in 1957.
Gülçelik died by an air disaster in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on August 19, 1980.
A sports complex, Enka Sadi Gülçelik Spor Sitesi, in Sarıyer, Istanbul is named in his honor.
