# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/behic-erkin
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:57:53.165Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/behic-erkin"
name: "Behiç Erkin"
slug: "behic-erkin"
description: "Behiç Erkin was a Turkish career officer, Armenian genocide perpetrator, first director (1920–1926) of the Turkish State Railways, nationalized under his auspices, statesman and diplomat of the Turkish Republic. He was Minister of Public Works, 1926–1928, and deputy for three terms; and an ambassador. He served as Turkey's ambassador to Budapest between 1928–1939, and to Paris and Vichy between August 1939-August 1943."
tagline: "Turkish statesperon (1876–1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Behi%C3%A7_Erkin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1876"
deathDate: "1961"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.74
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.254396
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%85%D1%96%D1%87_%D0%95%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BD"
    title: "Бехіч Еркін"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بهيج اركين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behi%C3%A7_%C6%8Frkin"
    title: "Behiç Ərkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behi%C3%A7_Erkin"
    title: "Behiç Erkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behi%C3%A7_Erkin"
    title: "Behiç Erkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behi%C3%A7_Erkin"
    title: "Behiç Erkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behi%C3%A7_Erkin"
    title: "Behiç Erkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behi%C3%A7_Erkin"
    title: "Behiç Erkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q322897"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump