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Adnan Menderes

1899 - 1961

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Ali 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adnan Menderes has received more than 870,711 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Adnan Menderes is the 1,816th most popular politician (down from 1,354th in 2019), the 210th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 192nd in 2019) and the 112th 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 1,816 out of 19,576Before him are Joseph McCarthy, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, Michael the Brave, Jang Song-thaek, Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Kavad I. After him are Kilij Arslan I, Gyges of Lydia, Phorcys, Leopoldo Galtieri, Muhammad of Ghor, and Ka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Adnan Menderes ranks 18Before him are László Bíró, Fred Astaire, Duke Ellington, Francis Poulenc, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, and Miguel Ángel Asturias. After him are Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Béla Guttmann, Albert Claude, Paul Hermann Müller, Erich Kästner, and George Cukor. Among people deceased in 1961, Adnan Menderes ranks 15Before him are Percy Williams Bridgman, Jules Bordet, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Mohammed V of Morocco, Rafael Trujillo, and Otto Loewi. After him are Frantz Fanon, Zog I of Albania, Paul Landowski, Kurt Meyer, Luigi Einaudi, and Dashiell Hammett.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Adnan Menderes ranks 210 out of 1,347Before him are Nikephoros III Botaneiates (1002), Sultan Cem (1459), Theophanu (960), Michael Psellos (1018), Elia Kazan (1909), and Celâl Bayar (1883). After him are Romanos III Argyros (968), Sabbas the Sanctified (439), Herophilos (-335), Thābit ibn Qurra (836), Alexios II Komnenos (1169), and Andranik (1865).

Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Adnan Menderes ranks 112Before him are Ahmet Necdet Sezer (1941), Romanos II (938), Nikephoros III Botaneiates (1002), Sultan Cem (1459), Theophanu (960), and Celâl Bayar (1883). After him are Romanos III Argyros (968), Alexios II Komnenos (1169), Philippikos Bardanes (700), Beyhan Sultan (1497), Fahri Korutürk (1903), and Theodosius III (700).