Hakkı Yeten, (3 December 1910 – 16 April 1989) was a Turkish

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player and president of the

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-based football club

Beşiktaş J.K. Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü (), also known simply as Beşiktaş (), is a Turkish sports club founded in 1903 that is based in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul. The club's football team is one of the Big Three in Turkey and one of the most ...

, which he also coached. He is one of the most important names in Beşiktaş history. He made Beşiktaş strong in character and club basis and has many records. He is still the football player who scored the most goals in Beşiktaş's history and scored the most in derbies. Its name is kept alive in Beşiktaş's infrastructure facilities. In addition, the east tribune of

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, which was opened in 2016, was named Baba Hakkı Tribune.

Early life and career

Yeten was born in 1910 at Vodina, in the

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(present-day

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). His father, a major in the

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moved his family of six children to

, settling in the

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and ...

district when Yeten was a year old. In 1914, Yeten's father was killed in the Battle of the Dardanelles. Yeten went on to attend military high school, as his two elder brothers did before him. Yeten was attracted to football after his eldest brother, Muhtar, a multi-talented sportsman) introduced him to the sport. Yeten played in the school team, and was discovered soon by Beşiktaş J.K. club managers. He was one of the founders of

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and played for them between 1926 and 1931. In 1931, Yeten dropped out of school and joined Beşiktaş. He played for Beşiktaş for 17 years mostly in the

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position, contributing to its numerous victories. Declared as permanent captain, he led Beşiktaş to 8 İstanbul League Champions, 3 İstanbul Cups, one İzmir International Fair Cup, 3 National League Champions, one Turkish Champion, 2 Prime Minister Cups and 4 Private Cups. Yeten was capped only three times for the

Turkey national football team The Turkey national football team ( tr, Türkiye Millî Futbol Takımı) represents Turkey in men's international Association football, football matches. The team is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation ( tr, Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu ...

due to

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. His fame became international, and eventually the English team

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showed and interest in him. However, Yeten preferred to stay in Turkey. Yeten scored 382 goals in 439 games. He quit football as a player in 1948 after fans hooted him during a match. He was appointed coach in the 1948–1949 season, and served once again as manager in the 1950–1951 season. Yeten studied Law, graduating in 1937. He became a legal advisor for a state owned

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. After his retirement from the active sports, he served as Vice Chairman of the

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, and acted as president of Beşiktaş J.K. for three terms in 1960–1963, 1964–1966 and 1967–1968. In 1984, he backed

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in the elections, who became club president. Called "Baba" ("Father") Hakkı, he was elected the first honorary president of his club before he died on April 17, 1989 in İstanbul. He was buried at the

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Career statistics

International goals

Honours

Player

Beşiktaş *

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: 1933–34, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46 *

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1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

Turkish National Division The National Division or National League ( tr, Millî Küme) was a top-level association football, football competition organised by the Turkish Football Federation, including the most successful teams from Istanbul, Ankara, and İzmir in Turkey. ...

1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Eu ...

1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...

Prime Minister's Cup The Prime Minister's Cup ( tr, Başbakanlık Kupası) was a association football, football competition organised by the Turkish Football Federation in Turkey. It began in 1944 and continued until 1950 as a unique kind of super cup competition bet ...

, 1947 Individual *

Top Scorer: 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34 *

Top Scorer:

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all time scorer, (382 goal) * Beşiktaş–Fenerbahçe rivalry top goal scorer, (32 goal) *

Beşiktaş–Galatasaray rivalry Beşiktaş J.K., Beşiktaş–Galatasaray S.K. (football), Galatasaray is a Turkish Association football, football Major football rivalries, rivalry involving two of the most successful clubs in the Süper Lig. It is also a local derby, one of ma ...

top goal scorer, (29 goal) *Beşiktaş J.K. Squads of Century (Golden Team)

Manager

Beşiktaş *

: 1950–51 *

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

President

Beşiktaş * Turkish 1. Football League: 1965–66 * Turkish 1. Football League: 1966–67 *

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1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

References

External links

Biography in Turkish

Beşiktaş JK website coach list in English

Beşiktaş JK website president list in English
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