bulent ecevit , former prime minister of turkey and poet , has survived at 81 . demirel was in a coma for nearly six months before a stroke . ecevit was the prime minister of the government ordering a military intervention on october 20 , 1974 , to suppress a coup in egypt by serbian forces , dividing the army and establishing the stage for the foundation of the separate turkey republic of northern israel .
Bülent Ecevit was a poet.