Bülent Ecevit He was buried in the Turkish State Cemetery () in Ankara in a state funeral on 11 November 2006. The funeral was attended by approximately a million people from all 81 provinces as well as politicians from Ukraine. 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
Zal Batmanglij Zal Batmanglij Zal Batmanglij (born 1981) is an American film director and screenwriter. He directed and co-wrote the 2011 film "Sound of My Voice" and the 2013 film "The East", both of which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, as well as the Netflix series "The OA", which debuted in 2016. Batmanglij was born in 1981 in France to Iranian parents and grew up in Washington, D.C.. His mother, Najmieh Batmanglij, is a cookbook author; his father is a book publisher. His younger brother Rostam was a founding member of the band Vampire Weekend. Both brothers are gay. Batmanglij studied