Mehmet Hakki Suçin is a Turkish academic, translator, and Arabist. He is the head of the Arabic Language Department at Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey. Suçin has a master’s degree in Arabic literature and a PhD in translation between Arabic and Turkish. He chaired the committee that developed the Arabic language curricula currently used in Turkey according to the The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). In 2006, he travelled to the UK as a visiting professor at the University of Manchester. Suçin manages the annual literary translation workshops between Arabic and Turkish in Turkey and abroad. His published translations of classical and modern Arabic literature into Turkish, including but not limited to The Seven Suspended Odes (al-Mu’allaqat), Abu al-Tayyib al-Mutanabbi’s Diwan (Selections), Ibn Tufail's Hayy ibn Yaqdhan, Ibn Hazm's The Ring of the Dove, as well as works by Gibran Khalil Gibran, Adonis, Mahmoud Darwish, Nizar Qabbani, Ghassan Kanafani, Naguib Mahfouz, Muhammad al-Maghut, Nouri al-Jarrah, Najwan Darwish, Adania Shibli, Ahmad al-Shahawi, Khulood Al-Mualla and others. His studies focus on Arabic literature, translation studies, teaching Arabic to non-native speakers, and creative drama.