bulent ecevit , now prime ministerial of turkey and poet , has died at 81 . ecevit was in a wheelchair for about six months preceding a fall . ozkan was the prime ministerial of the government ordering a military intervention on july 20 , 1974 , to prevent a dictatorship in greece by turkish forces , invading the islands and setting the stage for the foundation of the breakaway turkish republic of northern cyprus .
Bülent Ecevit was a poet.