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Adnan Menderes

1899 - 1961

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Ali Adnan Ertekin 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adnan Menderes is the 2,250th most popular politician (down from 1,816th in 2019), the 268th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 235th in 2019) and the 147th most popular Turkish Politician.

Adnan Menderes was the Prime Minister of Turkey from 1950 to 1960. He was overthrown in a military coup d'état.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Adnan Menderes ranks 2,250 out of 19,576. Before him are Kenneth MacAlpin, René Coty, Austen Chamberlain, Faustina the Younger, Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Wang Jingwei. After him are Felix Yusupov, Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Félix Faure, Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Gustav Heinemann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Adnan Menderes ranks 27. Before him are Erich Kästner, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Béla Guttmann, Georg von Békésy, Max Theiler, and Suzanne Lenglen. After him are Gustav Heinemann, Duke Ellington, Bertil Ohlin, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, George Cukor, and Fritz Albert Lipmann. Among people deceased in 1961, Adnan Menderes ranks 21. Before him are Mohammed V of Morocco, Maria of Yugoslavia, Frantz Fanon, Otto Loewi, Rafael Trujillo, and Kurt Meyer. After him are Dashiell Hammett, Sergio Osmeña, Luigi Einaudi, Paul Landowski, Akiba Rubinstein, and Blaise Cendrars.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Adnan Menderes ranks 268 out of 1,347. Before him are Theophanes the Confessor (758), Helenus (null), Anthemius of Tralles (474), Basiliscus (500), Fahri Korutürk (1903), and Theophanu (960). After him are Philemon (100), Niketas Choniates (1155), Phorcys (null), André Chénier (1762), Anchises (null), and Dardanus (null).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Adnan Menderes ranks 147. Before him are Alexander (870), Alexios II Komnenos (1169), Helenus (null), Basiliscus (500), Fahri Korutürk (1903), and Theophanu (960). After him are Phorcys (null), Anchises (null), Dardanus (null), Michael IX Palaiologos (1277), Seleucus II Callinicus (-265), and Vitiges (475).

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