Turkish dermatologist, born on February 20, 1889, Istanbul; died on March 8, 1948. Behçet's most important contribution to the medical literature is the monograph "Clinical and Practical Syphilis, Diagnosis and Related Skin Diseases" published in 1940. Each page of the book contains an aspect of syphilis and footnotes and provides a wealth of detailed information about the differential diagnosis of other dermatological conditions. Although the book is outdated, it retains its value and spirit in the medical field and is the only example of the field. Behçet syndrome: a recurrent systemic disease characterized by uveitis with anterior chamber empyema, recurrent ulceration of the oral and pharyngeal mucosa, and genital ulcers.