Adnan Menderes, Turkish lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1899)

Adnan Menderes

9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey from 1950 to 1960

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…

List of prime ministers of Turkey

The position of Prime Minister of Turkey was established in 1920, during the Turkish War of Independence. The prime minister was the head of the executive branch of the government along with the Cabinet. Following the 2017 constitutional referendum, the office of prime minister…