Behçet Necatigil, Turkish author, poet and translator (born 1916)

Behçet Necatigil

Turkish translator

Behçet Necatigil, Turkish poet, teacher and translator who is often considered to be one of the most important poets of modern Turkish poetry. His paternal family originated from Kastamonu, a city in Turkey's Western Black Sea region. His father, Mehmet Necati Gönül, was from…