Adnan Menderes

Turkish statesperson (1899-1961) · Turkey · Politicians · Died at 62

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2026Read more around 65 years on17 September 20261961Died17 September 19611899Born

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Adnan Menderes, 1930s

Adnan and Berrin Menderes

Adnan Menderes and Ali Fethi Okyar with the members of the Liberal Republican Party

Awards

Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic

Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau

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Spouse Berrin Menderes

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Ali Adnan Ertekin Menderes was a Turkish politician who served as Prime Minister of Turkey between 1950 and 1960. He was one of the founders of the Democrat Party (DP) in 1946, the fourth legal opposition party of Turkey. He was tried and hanged under the military junta after the 1960 coup d'état, along with two other cabinet members, Fatin Rüştü Zorlu and Hasan Polatkan. During his tenure, Turkey participated in the Korean War, and was admitted to NATO in 1952. He was the last Turkish political leader to be executed after a military coup. He is also one of the four political leaders of the Turkish Republic who have been honored with a mausoleum, the others being Kemal Atatürk, Süleyman Demirel, and Turgut Özal.

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Turkey

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