Bülent Ecevit short-lived governments (formed by Mesut Yılmaz and Necmettin Erbakan, respectively), Ecevit became a deputy prime minister in the last government of Mesut Yılmaz. In 1998–99 he was briefly the caretaker Prime Minister in the run-up to the 1999 general elections (56th government of Turkey). In those elections – also helped by the fact that Abdullah Öcalan, head of the separatist (PKK) was apprehended in Kenya and flown to Turkey during this period – Ecevit's party gained the largest number of seats, leading to Ecevit's final term as Prime Minister in a coalition with the Motherland Party (, ANAP) of Mesut
Turgut Doğan Şahin Turgut Doğan Şahin Turgut Doğan Şahin (born 2 February 1988) is a Turkish professional footballer who currently plays for TFF Second League club Fatih Karagümrük. Şahin was born in Tarsus, Mersin. He began his footballing career as an 11-year-old with Yeşilova Yeni Ufukspor. He was transferred to Sefaköy Özmuratspor in 1999, and earned a transfer to Samsunspor in 2004. After spending a season playing for the A2 team, where he scored 11 goals in 26 matches, Şahin was signed to a five-year professional contract. He made his debut as a substitute on 9 December 2006, coming on for Mustafa Çiçek