# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vecihi-hurkus
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:31:13.773Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vecihi-hurkus"
name: "Vecihi Hürkuş"
slug: "vecihi-hurkus"
description: "Vecihi Hürkuş was a Turkish fighter pilot, aviation engineer and aviation pioneer. He built Turkey's first aircraft, the Vecihi K-VI, and founded the first civil flight school of the nation."
tagline: "Turkish aviator (1896–1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vecihi_-_War_of_Independence.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1896-01-06"
deathDate: "1969-07-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.91
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.613928
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "韦吉希·赫库斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%87%D9%8A_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B4"
    title: "وجيهي هوركوش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%87%D9%89_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "ڤيسيهى هوركوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vecihi_H%C3%BCrqu%C5%9F"
    title: "Vecihi Hürquş"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vecihi_H%C3%BCrku%C5%9F"
    title: "Vecihi Hürkuş"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vecihi_H%C3%BCrku%C5%9F"
    title: "Vecihi Hürkuş"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vecihi_H%C3%BCrku%C5%9F"
    title: "Vecihi Hürkuş"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vecihi_H%C3%BCrku%C5%9F"
    title: "Vecihi Hürkuş"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%A9%E1%83%98%E1%83%B0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%B0%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98"
    title: "ვეჩიჰი ჰურკუში"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%8E%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%88%2C_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B8"
    title: "Хюркуш, Веджихи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vecihi_H%C3%BCrku%C5%9F"
    title: "Vecihi Hürkuş"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7917752"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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