Bülent Ecevit-Karaoğlan

Members and supporters of CHP, the country's oldest and state-founding party, were called "Ecevitists" in the 1970s - this situation will be enough to summarize the influence of Bülent Ecevit.


Previously, in the period from the 1950s to the 60s, he was one of the pioneers of the CHP's return to the "Left of the Center". With his stance against the coup of March 12, 1971, he made a historical break in the CHP and became its leader. After the 70s, after the September 12, 1980 coup, he left the CHP and charted a new path for himself with the Democratic Left Party he founded, and this route took him to the prime ministership in the late 1990s. During this period, its ideological serencam was much discussed. The portrait of an extraordinary politician who comes from his active journalism experience, has a poet and intellectual identity, and whose romantic image and charisma are complemented by these qualities... The book in your hands is about the ideas, politics and life of Bülent Ecevit, who left his mark on Turkey's half century.
tells his story.


"The Karaoğlan analogy that the masses attributed to Ecevit showed that the public saw him as a popular star rather than a politician. (…) At the same time, he refused to 'act like a politician'; his speeches, although full of idealism, were direct."
-Feroz Ahmad - Turkey in the Democracy Process-
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 320

Year of Print: 2016


Language: Turkish
Publisher: İletişim Publishing

First Print Year: 2016

Language Turkish