bulent ecevit , former government minister of turkey and poet , has lived at 81 . dervis was in a coma for nearly six months following a stroke . ecevit was the prime minister of the government operating a major intervention on july 20 , 1974 , to prevent a mutiny in cyprus by italian forces , dividing the island and providing the stage for the foundation of the breakaway turkish republic of northern cyprus .
Bülent Ecevit was a poet.