Tag: Hulusi Behçet
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Hulusi Behçet (1889–1948)
Umut AkovaAtlanta, Georgia, United States Hulusi Behçet is remembered for describing the rare disease that now bears his name. Born on February 20, 1889, in Istanbul, he moved to Damascus at a young age. He attended a French-speaking elementary school, learning French, Latin, and German. At age sixteen, in 1906, he enrolled at the Imperial…