Bülent Ecevit
Mustafa Bülent Ecevit (28 May 1925 – 5 November 2006) was a Turkish politician, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist. He served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times between 1974 and 2002. He served as prime minister of Turkey in 1974, 1977, 1978–79, and 1999–2002. He was the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) between 1972 and 1980, and in 1989 he became the leader of the Democratic Left Party (DSP).
Bülent Ecevit | |
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| 16th Prime Minister of Turkey | |
| In office 11 January 1999 – 18 November 2002 | |
| President | Ahmet Necdet Sezer Süleyman Demirel |
| Deputy | Devlet Bahçeli Hüsamettin Özkan Şükrü Sina Gürel Mesut Yılmaz Hikmet Uluğbay |
| Preceded by | Mesut Yılmaz |
| Succeeded by | Abdullah Gül |
| In office 5 January 1978 – 12 November 1979 | |
| President | Fahri Korutürk |
| Deputy | Orhan Eyüboğlu Turhan Feyzioğlu Hikmet Çetin Faruk Sükan |
| Preceded by | Süleyman Demirel |
| Succeeded by | Süleyman Demirel |
| In office 21 June 1977 – 21 July 1977 | |
| President | Fahri Korutürk |
| Deputy | Orhan Eyüboğlu |
| Preceded by | Süleyman Demirel |
| Succeeded by | Süleyman Demirel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 May 1925 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Died | 5 November 2006 (aged 81) Ankara, Turkey |
| Political party | Republican People's Party (1957-1980) Democratic Left Party (1989-2006) |
| Spouse(s) | Rahşan Ecevit |
| Alma mater | Robert College School of Oriental and African Studies |
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Personal life
He was born in Istanbul to a middle-class family. Ecevit's father Fahri Ecevit was a professor in Ankara University. His mother, Fatma Nazlı, was among the first women in Turkey to paint professionally.[1] Ecevit said his mother was of Bosniak ancestry and his paternal grandfather was of Kurdish ancestry.[2][3] He was married to political writer and politician Rahşan Ecevit.
Bülent Ecevit Media
- Rahşan Ecevit.jpg
Rahşan Ecevit in 1960, Bülent's wife and closest advisor
Nurettin Ardıçoğlu, Sabahattin Ardıçoğlu and Ecevit by Lake Hazar, Sivrice, Elazığ
Bülent Ecevit and Romanian communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu
Ecevit and his diplomatic entourage meet with Gerald Ford and Henry Kissinger in the Oval Office, 29 June 1976
Bülent Ecevit with the President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, at the White House, 31 May 1978.
Bülent Ecevit with American President George W. Bush
Bülent Ecevit and US Vice President Dick Cheney
Ecevit's tomb at the State Cemetery in Ankara, Turkey.
Monument in İzmir to Bülent and Rahşan Ecevit and the Cyprus operation
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References
- ↑ Kinzer, Stephen (6 November 2006). Bülent Ecevit, a Political Survivor Who Turned Turkey Toward the West, Is Dead at 81. p. 2. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/06/world/europe/06ecevit.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1. Retrieved 6 November 2006.
- ↑ Ercan Yavuz,""Kürt kökenli olabilirim"". Archived from the original on 22 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Akşam, 4 August 2004. (in Turkish) - ↑ Mahmut Çetin, Çinli Hoca'nın torunu Ecevit, Emre Yayınları, 2006, p. 18.