# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nihat-bekdik
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:06:29.321Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nihat-bekdik"
name: "Nihat Bekdik"
slug: "nihat-bekdik"
description: "\"Aslan\" Nihat Asım Bekdik was a Turkish professional footballer. He spent the entirety of his career with his hometown club Galatasaray. He also represented Turkey on 21 occasions, captaining them 10 times, and played for Turkey at the 1924 Summer Olympics and the 1928 Summer Olympics."
tagline: "Turkish athlete (1902–1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NihatBekdik.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1902-03-17"
deathDate: "1972-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.74
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.27566666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ніхат Бекдік"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "نيهات بيكديك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihat_Bekdik"
    title: "Nihat Bekdik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihat_As%C4%B1m_Bekdik"
    title: "Nihat Asım Bekdik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihat_Bekdik"
    title: "Nihat Bekdik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihat_Bekdik"
    title: "Nihat Bekdik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A8%DA%A9%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%A9"
    title: "نیهات بکدیک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihat_Bekdik"
    title: "Nihat Bekdik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihat_Bekdik"
    title: "Nihat Bekdik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BA%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%82"
    title: "Бекдик, Нихат"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihat_Bekdik"
    title: "Nihat Bekdik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tyv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BA%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%82"
    title: "Бекдик, Нихат"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1989888"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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