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Mustafa Bülent Ecevit was a Turkish statesman, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist. He served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times between 1974 and 2002, specifically in 1974, 1977, 1978–79, and 1999–2002. Ecevit was Chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP) from 1972 to 1980, and became Chairman of the Democratic Left Party (DSP) in 1987.
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culture · Prime Minister of Turkey (1974; 1977; 1978–79; 1999–2002) · politician · writer · poet · translator · journalist · diplomat · also Bülent Ecevit, Mustafa Bülent Ecevit, Conqueror of Cyprus, Ecevit the Populist, Conqueror of Kenya, Ecevit
Born 28 May 1925 · Died 5 November 2006 · Q192634
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guilty of refusing to drink from the same fountain as the man who has fought on the same front for the same cause; guilty of refusing to travel on the same coach or seat as the man who has been working with equal ardor for a common community; guilty of refusing to pray to God side by side with the man who believes in the same prophet's teaching.
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Turkey (1999–1999).
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“guilty of refusing to drink from the same fountain as the man who has fought on the same front for the same cause; guilty of refusing to travel on the same coach or seat as the man who has been working with equal ardor for a common community; guilty of refusing to pray to God side by side with the man who believes in the same prophet's teaching.”
Doğruluk Payı rated the claim “Bir Facebook hesabı tarafından 31 Ekim 2025 tarihinde yapılan bir paylaşımda, Ecevit’in haşhaş ekimini yasaklamak isteyen ABD’ye “Burası benim ülkem sen kim oluyorsun da bana emir veriyorsun? Bu ülkede benim halkımın sözü geçer senin değil.” dediği iddia edildi.” Kısmen Yanlış.
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Anadolu Ajansi: Eski Başbakan Bülent Ecevit, vefatının 19. yılında anılıyor
Doğruluk Payı rated the claim “Bir X hesabı tarafından 5 Kasım 2021 tarihinde paylaşılan videonun Bülent Ecevit hükümetinin getirdiği zamları açıkladığını gösterdiği iddia edildi.” Yanlış.
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Doğruluk Payı rated the claim “Bir X hesabı tarafından 19 Ağustos 2025 tarihinde yapılan bir paylaşımda, Rauf Denktaş’ın Ecevit’in ziyaretçi defterine “sen olmasaydın 1974’te Kıbrıs’ın tamamını alacaktık” yazdığı iddia edildi.” Yanlış.
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Son Dakika: Bülent Ecevit Doğumunun 100. Yılında Çankaya'da Anıldı... Hüseyin Can Güner: Pek Çok Yönüyle Türkiye'de Derin İzler Bırakmış Bir Liderdi Ecevit
haberturk: Bülent Ecevit vefatının 18. yılında anılıyor! Eski başbakan Bülent Ecevit hayatı ve siyasi geçmişi
Kadir: Bülent Ecevit'in vefatının üzerinden 17 yıl geçti
Doğrula rated the claim “Bülent Ecevit’in Gölcük depreminde afet bölgesine günler sonra gittiği iddiası” Yanlış.
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haberler.com: (ARŞİV) ANKARA - Eski başbakanlardan Bülent Ecevit'in vefatının üzerinden 16 yıl geçti
Anadolu Ajansi: Eski başbakanlardan Bülent Ecevit'in vefatının üzerinden 16 yıl geçti
Sozcu: Bülent Ecevit vefatının 16. yılında anılıyor
Sozcu: Bülent Ecevit 15. ölüm yıldönümünde anıldı
A park in İzmir's Güzelbahçe district was named after him and his statue was erected
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İnternet Haber: Bülent Ecevit Kimdir?
UPI: Topic: Bulent Ecevit
haberler.com: Bülent Ecevit'in Ölümünün 8. Yılı
The name of Zonguldak Karaelmas University was changed to “Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University
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Independent.ie: Bulent Ecevit
Houston Chronicle: Bulent Ecevit, former Turkish leader
UPI: Former Turkish PM Bulent Ecevit dies
Died 2006-11-05.
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Out of frustration from the economic crisis said the following twenty years later: “Ecevit understood the state of the citizen
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After nearly twenty years, he returned to the premiership for the last time to form a minority government in the run-up to the 1999 general elections
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Turkey (1999–1999).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Turkey (1999–2002).
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Merve Kavakçı entered the Grand National Assembly's chamber with a headscarf, which violated Turkey's then strictly enforced laicité laws
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Which drew a reaction from general Çevik Bir
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The Journalists and Writers Foundation, of which Gülen was an honorary chairman of, presented Ecevit (and Demirel) with the "Award for National Reconciliation in the Field of Politics"
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Career landmark: Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (1997–1999).
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Again objected to uniting the Kemalist parties
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Attacked SHP, saying "Do not divide the social democratic votes
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Took over the chairmanship of DSP, inheriting the position from Rahşan
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The Turkish Armed Forces seized control of the country
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Parliament attempted 115 times to vote for a new president
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Turkey (1978–1979).
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And 1978–1979 which were marked by increasing polarisation, deadlock, and political violence that ended with the 1980 coup
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Turkey (1977–1977).
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During which he retracted the ban on cultivation of opium and invaded Cyprus
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Turkey (1974–1974).
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Ecevit became leader of the CHP
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Secretary general Ecevit announced a village development program and using the slogan "Land for those who cultivate it, water for those who utilize it
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“Land for those who cultivate it, water for those who utilize it.”
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Was elected secretary general of the CHP
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The monthly Özgür İnsan magazine in 1972, the weekly Arayış in 1981, and the monthly Güvercin magazine in 1988
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Career landmark: Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1958–1959).
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Studying social psychology and Middle East history at Harvard University for eight months
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Representing Ankara as a member of the CHP
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Ecevit went to the United States for three months as a guest journalist for the Winston-Salem Journal in North Carolina, and was disturbed by the racism he witnessed in the American South
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Eventually taking part in its Youth Branch Executive Board
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As a journalist, eventually writing for Ulus
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Shortly after marrying his classmate Zekiye Rahşan Aral, he moved to London to work in the Turkish embassy as a press attaché
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Ecevit graduated from Robert College in Istanbul
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Born 1925-05-28.
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