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Hulusi Behçet was born in Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, on 20 February 1889 [1, 2]. He was raised by his grandmother as he lost his mother while he was a child. He went to Damascus because of his father's duties and graduated primary school with French, Latin, and German languages [2]. In 1914, Behçet completed his training in dermatology and venereal diseases at Gulhane Military Medical Academy in Istanbul [2]. Then, he worked at Edirne, Haskoy, and Guraba Hospitals and moved to Budapest and then to Charité Hospital in Berlin [2]. Following the institution of the Republic of Turkey, Behçet was appointed professor of the Department of Dermatology and Venereal Diseases in 1933 and he published almost 140 scientific papers, about 20 medical translations, and two medical books (Fig. 1) [2]. He was described as a shy and introverted but joyful and good-humored man, though he suffered from ill health due to insomnia, spastic colitis, and angina pectoris [2]. Lastly, he suddenly died from a heart attack in 1948, at the age of 59 [2].

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