Adnan Menderes
Politician
1899 – 1961
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Who was Adnan Menderes?
Adnan Menderes was the Turkish Prime Minister between 1950–1960. He was one of the founders of the Democratic Party in 1946, the third 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 a mausoleum built in his honour.
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- Born
- 1899
Koçarlı - Also known as
- Ali Adnan Ertekin Menderes
- Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Islam
- Sunni Islam
- Nationality
- Turkey
- Profession
- Education
- Ankara University
- Ankara University, Law School
- Lived in
- Aydın
- Died
- Sep 17, 1961
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on July 23, 2013
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