Ecevit

American  

[e-je-veet] / ɛ dʒɛˌvit /

noun

1. Bülent 1925–2006, Turkish journalist and political leader: prime minister 1974, 1978–80, 1998–2002.

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Ecevit British  

/ ˈɛʃəvɪt /

noun

1. Bülent (ˈbuːlənt). 1925–2006, Turkish politician and journalist: prime minister of Turkey (1974, 1977, 1978–79, 1998–2002)

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Example Sentences

Dilara's father Ecevit, 50, says when he told their neighbour to turn the music down at 04:00 one morning in January, she came out with a knife.

From BBC

The crisis was said to have been set off by a disagreement between Turkey’s president, Ahmet Necdet Sezer, and prime minister, Bulent Ecevit, over the pace of anticorruption efforts; banks and financial markets reacted badly to the tiff.

From New York Times

“Ecevit, then the prime minister, called Dervis to come and help the country as a minister,” M. Hakan Yavuz, a political science professor at the University of Utah and an expert on Turkey, said by email.

From New York Times

“My salary is gone in two days and then I live on the credit card,” said Bahar Ecevit, 24, a clerk in a clothing store.

From New York Times

Two of its members, Merve Dasdemir and Erdinc Ecevit, both of Turkish descent, joined thanks to his Facebook post.

From New York Times