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Bulent Ecevit
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06 Nov 2006 Mon 06:05 am |
I do not wish this topic to turn political (right/left) against Bulent Ecevet the politician. I know many of the mistakes that he made in his political career.
I just want to say upon his death that Ecevet loved Turkey and his people, especially the poor Turks in villages acrossed Turkey as much or more than I can ever imagine a leader loving his people.
During the last elections, I saw Mr. Ecevet speak to his people in central Anatolia. And also in 2004, I saw him step down as his party leader.
Men, women, Ecevit himself wept through what many knew would be his farewell to his people and public life.
There was one particular part of an Ecevit appearence in Anatolia that I think was a normal occurence. Please correct me if my translation of this is wrong.
But during his speech he would call out to the people, "Ecevit loves his villagers" and the crowd would respond madly, "and your villagers love you"
I can honestly say that I have never witnessed a people who truly loved their leader the way these people did Ecevit, and the way Ecevit truly loved his people.
God Bless you Bulent Ecevit...
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06 Nov 2006 Mon 08:22 am |
Yes, God bless him. He was a master of the rhetoric. But Turkey went through big crisis when he was the prime minister.
I wish he was as a good performer as he was good talker.
Once Özal said this story about him to someone. Özal worked for Demirel and Ecevit goverments as a "Müsteşar" (my dictionary say permenant undersecretary for the goverment) in 1970's.
There was a problem and he visited Ecevit in his room and talked to Ecevit about the problem, Ecevit gave a good speech to him about how the problem can be fixed, etc. etc. and when he left there was no solution.
Similar problem happened during Demirel government, he visited Demirel in his room and talked Demirel about the problem. Demirel just phoned somewhere and when he left the room, problem was fixed.
(I heard this story on TV from Mehmet Barlas, a famous journalist in Turkey)
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06 Nov 2006 Mon 05:44 pm |
Turkey lost a poet:
http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/5382630.asp?gid=74
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06 Nov 2006 Mon 08:48 pm |
he was one of the most trustworthy and honest politican of Turkey,so we Turkish people miss him very much
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