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
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	(1925-05-28)28 May 1925 Istanbul, Turkey
Died	5 November 2006(2006-11-05) (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.

References

1. Kinzer, Stephen (6 November 2006). "Bülent Ecevit, a Political Survivor Who Turned Turkey Toward the West, Is Dead at 81". The New York Times. p. 2. Retrieved 6 November 2006.
2. 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)
3. Mahmut Çetin, Çinli Hoca'nın torunu Ecevit, Emre Yayınları, 2006, p. 18.