# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/behcet-necatigil
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:08:25.609Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/behcet-necatigil"
name: "Behçet Necatigil"
slug: "behcet-necatigil"
description: "Behçet Necatigil, Turkish poet, teacher and translator who is often considered to be one of the most important poets of modern Turkish poetry. His paternal family originated from Kastamonu, a city in Turkey's Western Black Sea region. His father, Mehmet Necati Gönül, was from the Çörekçiler family of Kastamonu. The family moved to Kastamonu when Behçet was young, and he completed his primary education there. His interest in literature is noted to have begun during his middle school years in Kastamonu. He later returned to Istanbul to continue his education and career. Throughout his writing life he stood apart from all literary movements, and was known as an independent poet and intellectual. Besides poetry, he has produced works in many fields of literature, such as theater, mythology, lexicography, novel translations and radio plays. He contributed greatly to the adoption of radiophonic play as a branch of literature in Turkey with his plays, translations and adaptations. The artist, who is known as the \"Poet of Houses\", is also known for his identity as a teacher as well as his literary work."
tagline: "Turkish translator and writer (1916–1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Behcet_Necatigil_Odul.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1916-04-16"
deathDate: "1979-12-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.666672
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump