Bülent Ecevit
| Mustafa Bülent Ecevit | |
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| 16th Prime Minister of Turkey | |
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In office 11 January 1999 – 18 November 2002 |
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| 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 |
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In office 5 January 1978 – 12 November 1979 |
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| President | Fahri Korutürk |
| Deputy |
Orhan Eyüboğlu Turhan Feyzioğlu Hikmet Çetin Faruk Sükan |
| Preceded by | Süleyman Demirel |
| Succeeded by | Süleyman Demirel |
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In office 21 June 1977 – 21 July 1977 |
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| President | Fahri Korutürk |
| Deputy | Orhan Eyüboğlu |
| Preceded by | Süleyman Demirel |
| Succeeded by | Süleyman Demirel |
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In office 26 January 1974 – 17 November 1974 |
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| President | Fahri Korutürk |
| Deputy | Necmettin Erbakan |
| Preceded by | Naim Talu |
| Succeeded by | Sadi Irmak |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey | |
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In office 30 June 1997 – 11 January 1999 |
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| Prime Minister | Mesut Yılmaz |
| Served with | İsmet Sezgin |
| Preceded by | Tansu Çiller |
| Succeeded by | Hikmet Uluğbay |
| Leader of the Democratic Left Party | |
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In office 15 January 1989 – 25 July 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Necdet Karababa (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Zeki Sezer |
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In office 13 September 1987 – 7 March 1988 |
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| Preceded by | Rahşan Ecevit |
| Succeeded by | Necdet Karababa |
| Leader of the Republican People's Party | |
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In office 14 May 1972 – 30 October 1980 |
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| Preceded by | İsmet İnönü |
| Succeeded by | Deniz Baykal (1992) |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
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In office 27 October 1957 – 12 September 1980 |
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| Constituency |
Ankara (1957, 1961) Zonguldak (1965, 1969, 1973, 1977) |
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In office 20 October 1991 – 18 November 2002 |
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| Constituency |
Zonguldak (1991) Istanbul (1995, 1999) |
| 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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Mustafa Bülent Ecevit (Turkish: [byˈlænt edʒeˈvit]; 28 May 1925 – 5 November 2006) was a Turkish politician, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist, who 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).
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. Ecevit said his mother was of Bosniak ancestry and his father may have been of Kurdish ancestry.
In 1944, Ecevit graduated from Robert College in Istanbul and started working as a translator at the General Directorate for Press and Publication (Basın Yayın Genel Müdürlüğü). In 1946, shortly after marrying his classmate Rahşan Aral in 1946, he moved to London to work for Turkey's press attaché. During his stay in London, he studied Bengali, Sanskrit and Art History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, but did not graduate. He later went to the United States in the mid–1950s on a State Department fellowship, and worked at two newspapers in North Carolina.
Ecevit was elected into the Turkish parliament for the first time in 1957. He was a Member of the Parliament between 1960 and 1961 during the 26th, 27th and 28th governments. Ecevit served as the Minister of Labour between 1961 and 1965, contributing to the acceptance of the right to strike and collective agreement. In 1966 he became the secretary general of the Republican People's Party (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, CHP). In 1971 he resigned from the post as a protest to the party decision to support the transitional government established by a military intervention.
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