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
Recep Çelik take part in the same event at the 2012 Olympics in London. Recep Çelik won the 20km event of the 2011 Balkan Race Walking Championship held on April 9 in Bucarest, Romania, clocking 1:22.31 and setting a new Turkish record. He qualified for participation in the 20 km walk event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Çelik tested positive for the anabolic steroid Metenolone in May 2012 and was subsequently handed a two-year ban from sports. According to IAAF database, his personal bests are: Recep Çelik Recep Çelik (born June 10, 1983 in Diyarbakır, Turkey) is a Turkish racewalker. The tall