Adnan Menderes | |
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.jpg) Menderes in 1939 | |
| 9th Prime Minister of Turkey | |
| In office 22 May 1950 – 27 May 1960 | |
| President | Celal Bayar |
| Preceded by | Şemsettin Günaltay |
| Succeeded by | Cemal Gürsel |
| Leader of the Democrat Party | |
| In office 9 June 1950 – 27 May 1960 | |
| Preceded by | Celal Bayar |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 25 April 1931 – 27 May 1960 | |
| Constituency | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1899 Koçarlı, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 17 September 1961 (aged 62) İmralı, Turkey |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Political party | SCF (1930) CHP (1930–45) DP (1946–60) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Yüksel, Mutlu, Aydın |
| Alma mater | Ankara University, Law School |
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Adnan Menderes (Turkish: [adˈnan ˈmændeɾes]; 1899 – 17 September 1961) 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. One of the accusations brought against him was of him ordering the Istanbul pogrom against citizens of Greek ethnicity. He was the last Turkish political leader to be executed after a military coup and is also one of the four political leaders of the Turkish Republic (along with Kemal Atatürk, Süleyman Demirel and Turgut Özal) to have had a mausoleum built in his honour.