The tomb at the center belongs to Adnan Menderes, a former Turkish prime minister who was ousted by a military junta in 1960 and executed a year later, along with his foreign and finance ministers.

One of the darkest days in Turkey's history came May 27, 1960, when a military junta toppled the elected government of Prime Minister Adnan Menderes. Menderes was the first democratically-elected ...

1950 In second election, Ataturk’s Republican People’s party loses power to Adnan Menderes’ Democratic ... cedes power in 1983, but Evren remains president until 1989. The constitution ...