Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University Vocational School was established in accordance with the decision given in the meeting on 5 May 2005. Since the establishment of the Faculty of Dentistry on 13 February 2008 and the Faculty of Fine Arts on 26 August 2008, there have been 13 Faculties, 3 Schools, 7 Vocational Schools and a State Conservatory in Zonguldak Karaelmas University. The university was named after Turkish Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit in 2012. The university is a member of the Caucasus University Association. Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University Bülent Ecevit University (, formerly Zonguldak Karaelmas University) is a state university located in Zonguldak, Turkey. The
Bülent Ecevit bringing about an economic recovery, spearheaded by the new Minister of Economic Affairs Kemal Derviş. Nevertheless, almost half of DSP group in the parliament issued from DSP to form İsmail Cem İpekçi's New Turkey Party (YTP). On the other hand, allegations of corruption, the economic crisis, as well as Ecevit's poor health made early elections unavoidable and the DSP faced an electoral wipeout in the 2002 general election, losing all of its MPs. Ecevit resigned as DSP leader in 2004. Bülent Ecevit was not only a politician but also a poet and a writer. He translated works by Rabindranath Tagore,