Renamed the Democracy and Freedom Island, Yassıada in the Marmara Sea sheds light on Türkiye’s dark past as the venue of the ...

On the occasion of today's 65th anniversary of the military coup of 1960, which led to the hanging of then Prime Minister ...

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 ...

For eleven months, when Turks referred to “The Island,” it was understood that they meant Yassiada island, off Istanbul, where former Premier Adnan ... the bodies. Menderes’ hanging was ...

But the channel for middle school students aged 12-15 broadcast an animated recreation of former premier Adnan ... Menderes' neck, a stool being kicked out from underneath him and then his feet ...

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.

The story dates back to the 1950s, the era of Turkey’s first freely elected prime minister Adnan Menderes, but the parallels with today — and the current leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan — are clear.

Adnan Menderes, the ninth prime minister of Turkey and founder of the Democrat Party, was the country’s first popularly elected leader and served between 1950 and 1960. Menderes was arrested by ...

Matthew Sweet talks to author Jeremy Seal about the way Adnan Menderes mobilised democracy, populism, and religious beliefs, and looks at new research into the Ottoman Empire. Show more Before his ...

But the channel for middle school students aged 12-15 broadcast an animated recreation of former premier Adnan Menderes ... a noose being put over Menderes' neck, a stool being kicked out from ...