Bülent Ecevit the party decision to support the transitional government established by a military intervention. In 1972, he succeeded İsmet İnönü as the leader of the party and became Prime Minister in a coalition with the National Salvation Party of Necmettin Erbakan (the 37th government of Turkey). This government is known for ordering the Turkish invasion of Cyprus on 20 July 1974. So he was nicknamed "Conqueror of Cyprus" ("Turkish: "Kıbrıs Fatihi"") by Turkish people after that successful operation. Upon assuming the leadership of the CHP, Ecevit played a major role in redefining the party's political position in the centre-left (Turkish: "Ortanın
Turkish State Cemetery commanders are empty and only symbolic monument. Turkish State Cemetery Turkish State Cemetery () is a national and military cemetery in Ankara, Turkey, containing the graves of the presidents of Turkey and the high-ranked, close companions-in-arms of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, in the Turkish War of Independence. The cemetery was established upon an act dated November 10, 1981. It is situated around the ""Karadeniz Havuzu"" (Black Sea Pool) on the grounds of the historical ""Atatürk Orman Çiftliği"" (Atatürk Forest Ranch) in Ankara. The architect Özgür Ecevit and the agronomist Ekrem Gürenli, who won the