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Adnan Menderes

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May 27, 1960: A dark day in Turkish history

 

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Five things to know about Adnan Menderes

 

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Adnan Menderes ve Atatürk

 

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Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Adnan Menderes’i hatırlattı - atv Ana Haber 16 2022

 

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Adnan Menderes Airport, Izmir, Turkey

Adnan Menderes or Ali Adnan Ertekin Menderes was the Turkish Prime Minister between 1950–1960. He was one of the founders of the Democrat Party (DP) in 1946, the fourth legal opposition party of Turkey. He was hanged by the military junta after the 1960 coup d'état, along with two other cabinet members, Fatin Rüştü Zorlu and Hasan Polatkan. He was the last Turkish political leader to be executed after a military coup and is also one of the three political leaders of the Turkish Republic to have had a mausoleum built in his honor.