Rahşan Ecevit Rahşan Ecevit Rahşan Ecevit ("née" Aral; born 1923) is the widow of Turkish politician and former Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit. She was born in Bursa, Turkey to a family from Şebinkarahisar, a town in the north-eastern Giresun Province. Her father was Namık Zeki Aral, and her mother Zahide Aral. Their family came from Thessaloniki after the population exchange agreement in 1920. Rahşan graduated from the American high school Robert College in İstanbul. She married her classmate Bülent Ecevit in 1946. Following the military coup in 1980 led by General Kenan Evren, her husband was imprisoned and was suspended from active
Shevket Turgut Pasha Turgut was replaced by Abdullah Pasha. Shevket Turgut Pasha Shevket Turgut Pasha (; 1857–1924) was an Ottoman army general with the rank of "mirliva" (major general), who also held the governmental title of "pasha" (lord). He went to the Prussian military school. During the Albanian revolt of 1910, the Ottoman government replaced Cavid Pasha and sent Turgut along with 16,000 infantry, some cavalry and artillery to put down the revolt by Albanian rebels. Throughout his military campaign in Kosovo, Turgut imposed upon the population severe measures to disarm and control them. On 10 April Albanian deputies in the Ottoman Parliament