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| 1899 | Birth |  |
| Izmir Birth of Adnan Menderes
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| 1945 | Democratic Party | |
| Helps found the Democratic Party
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| 1945 | Party Leader | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Democratic Party
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| 1950 | Election | |
| Wins the Election as leader of the Democratic Party
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| 1950 | Prime Minister | |
| 22nd May Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 1st term
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| 1951 | Prime Minister | |
| 9th Mar Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 2nd term
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| 1952 | NATO | |
| 18th Feb Istanbul Both Greece & Turkey are admitted to NATO
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| 1954 | Alliance | |
| Istanbul Turkey & Pakistan sign a mutual defence treaty
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| 1954 | Independence | |
| Cyprus The Turkish want Cyprus returned or partioned, Britain refuses its independence
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| 1954 | Prime Minister | |
| 17th May Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 3rd term
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| 1954 | Rule of Cyprus | |
| Cyprus The Turkish want Cyprus returned or partioned, Britain refuses its independence
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| 1955 | Alliance | |
| 24th Feb Istanbul Signs a treaty of with Iraq to counter Russian expansionism in the Middle East
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| 1955 | Massacre | |
| Istanbul Organizes anti-Greek pogroms in which over 2,000 are killed
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| Istanbul The Greeks are driven out of Istanbul
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| 1955 | Prime Minister | |
| 9th Dec Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 4th term
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| 1957 | Prime Minister | |
| 25th Nov Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 5th term
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| 1959 | Air Crash | |
| 17th Feb Menderes survives an air crash
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| 1959 | Diplomacy | |
| Spain & Turkey sign a treaty of friendship
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| 1959 | Independence | |
| Istanbul Accepts the London decision that Cyprus should be independent
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| Istanbul A Greek-Turkish plan to make Cyprus independent is endorsed by Makarios
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| 1959 | Treaty of Friendship | |
| Spain & Turkey sign a treaty of friendship
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| 1961 | Coup d'Etat | |
| Sep Istanbul Deposed by the army
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| 1961 | Death | |
| Sep Istanbul Death of Adnan Menderes, executed
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| 1961 | Execution | |
| Sep Istanbul Had taken dictatorial powers, was deposed by the army & hanged for treason
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