People like Doğan Cüceloğlu

Mehmet Doğan Cüceloğlu (9 February 1938 – 16 February 2021) was a Turkish academic in media psychology and writer of several non-fiction books.

Mehmet Doğan Cüceloğlu was born as the youngest of eleven children in the Mukaddime neighborhood of Silifke district in Mersin, southern Turkey on 9 February 1938. Five of his siblings were from his father's first marriage.

Cüceloğlu recalled that "As I was schooled, I was surprised to learn from my teacher that I had two given names, and my surname was "Cüceloğlu", and not 'Cüceler' ('Dwarfs') as my friends called me." He felt unnoticed in elementary school. He lost interest in going to school and then fell ill. An injection by an untrained nurse from the neighborhood led to a lifelong handicap of his one leg. At first unable to walk, he was cured by his mother's old-fashioned treatment. The next year, he resumed going to the school with enthusiasm thanks to his new teacher.