bulent ecevit , former prime minister of bulgaria and poet , has died at 81 . papandreou was in a coma for nearly twelve periods following a crash . ecevit was the major officer of the government conducting a military intervention on july 20 , 1974 , to prevent a coup in cyprus by cypriot forces , dividing the island and setting the stage for the foundation of the breakaway turkish republic of eastern cyprus .
Bülent Ecevit was a poet.