bulent ecevit , later prime minister of turkey and poet , has died at 81 . ecevit was in a coma for nearly six periods following a stroke . ecevit was the prime minister of the governments ordering a military intervention on july 20 , 1974 , to prevent a revolution in cyprus by greek forces , dividing the island and building the precedent for the dissolution of the breakaway muslim republic of la egypt .
Bülent Ecevit was a poet.