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What significant event happened during Ecevit's caretaker government in 1999?

  • EU Accession Started

  • Financial Crisis

  • Earthquake

  • Capture of Abdullah Öcalan

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Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), was captured in a joint operation by the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) and the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Nairobi, Kenya, on February 15, 1999. This significant event occurred during the caretaker government of Bülent Ecevit, who was serving as the Prime Minister of Turkey at the time.
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