1899 - 1961
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 805,502 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Adnan Menderes is the 1,357th most popular politician (up from 1,690th in 2019), the 192nd most popular biography from Turkey (up from 233rd in 2019) and the 105th 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, Adnan Menderes ranks 1,357 out of 15,577. Before him are Phorcys, Genrikh Yagoda, Tedros Adhanom, Constantine III, Cyrus I, and Andronikos I Komnenos. After him are Yang Shangkun, Jamukha, Mohammed Omar, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Qin Er Shi, and Perseus of Macedon.
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 1,351
1891 - 1938
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 1,352
1965 - Present
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 1,353
612 - 641
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 1,354
690 BC - 580 BC
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 1,355
1118 - 1185
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 1,356
1899 - 1961
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 1,357
1907 - 1998
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 1,358
1162 - 1205
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 1,359
1962 - 2013
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 1,360
1939 - Present
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 1,361
229 BC - 207 BC
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 1,362
212 BC - 166 BC
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 1,363
Among people born in 1899, Adnan Menderes ranks 15. Before him are Lavrentiy Beria, Yasunari Kawabata, Frederick IX of Denmark, László Bíró, Fred Astaire, and Francis Poulenc. After him are Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Duke Ellington, Erich Kästner, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Béla Guttmann, and Fritz Albert Lipmann. Among people deceased in 1961, Adnan Menderes ranks 13. Before him are Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Emily Greene Balch, Jules Bordet, Zog I of Albania, and Rafael Trujillo. After him are Frantz Fanon, Mohammed V of Morocco, Percy Williams Bridgman, Kurt Meyer, Otto Loewi, and Paul Landowski.
1899 - 1953
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 9
1899 - 1972
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 10
1899 - 1972
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 11
1899 - 1985
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 12
1899 - 1987
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 13
1899 - 1963
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 14
1899 - 1961
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 15
1899 - 1972
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 16
1899 - 1974
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 17
1899 - 1974
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 18
1899 - 1974
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 19
1899 - 1981
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 20
1899 - 1986
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 21
1894 - 1961
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 7
1908 - 1961
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 8
1867 - 1961
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 9
1870 - 1961
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 10
1895 - 1961
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 11
1891 - 1961
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 12
1899 - 1961
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 13
1925 - 1961
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 14
1909 - 1961
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 15
1882 - 1961
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 16
1910 - 1961
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 17
1873 - 1961
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 18
1875 - 1961
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 19
Among people born in Turkey, Adnan Menderes ranks 192 out of 1,301. Before him are Pope Sabinian (530), Beyhan Sultan (1497), Constantine IV (652), Theodore of Amasea (300), Phorcys (null), and Andronikos I Komnenos (1118). After him are Süleyman Demirel (1924), Hippodamus of Miletus (-498), Proclus (412), Sabiha Gökçen (1913), Anthemius (420), and Yunus Emre (1240).
530 - 606
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 186
1497 - 1559
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 187
652 - 685
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 188
300 - 306
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 189
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 190
1118 - 1185
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 191
1899 - 1961
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 192
1924 - 2015
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 193
498 BC - 408 BC
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 194
412 - 485
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 195
1913 - 2001
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 196
420 - 472
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 197
1240 - 1321
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 198
Among politicians born in Turkey, Adnan Menderes ranks 105. Before him are Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca (1853), Briseis (null), Beyhan Sultan (1497), Constantine IV (652), Phorcys (null), and Andronikos I Komnenos (1118). After him are Süleyman Demirel (1924), Anthemius (420), Turgut Özal (1927), John VI Kantakouzenos (1292), Isaac I Komnenos (1007), and Sultan Cem (1459).
1853 - 1931
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 99
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 100
1497 - 1559
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 101
652 - 685
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 102
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 103
1118 - 1185
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 104
1899 - 1961
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 105
1924 - 2015
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 106
420 - 472
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 107
1927 - 1993
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 108
1292 - 1383
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 109
1007 - 1060
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 110
1459 - 1495
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 111