Bülent Ecevit Bülent Ecevit Mustafa Bülent Ecevit (; 28 May 1925 – 5 November 2006) was a Turkish politician, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist, who served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times between 1974 and 2002. He served as prime minister of Turkey in 1974, 1977, 1978–79, and 1999–2002. He was the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) between 1972 and 1980, and in 1989 he became the leader of the Democratic Left Party (DSP). He was born in Istanbul to a middle-class family. Ecevit's father Fahri Ecevit was a professor in Ankara University. His mother, Fatma Nazlı, was
Turgut Alp Turgut Alp Turgut Alp was one of the early Gazis of the Ottoman Empire. He was also close friend of Ertuğrul Gazi and his son Osman Gazi. His tomb is located in the cemetery of Turgut Alp (Genci) Village. İnegöl,Turkey . The grave outside Ertugrul gazi turbesi is a honorary grace , not the real resting place. In 1877, during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878), a city was founded and named "Turgutalp" after him in the then Ottoman Empire by Muslim people from present day Bulgaria. The settlement was named as Turgutalp upon the suggestion of the sultan. In 1986, the