Here is the story of one of Turkey’s darkest days, when democracy was executed alongside its prime minister and cabinet members
For Turkey, May 27 is the day it remembers putschists usurping power by toppling an elected government and executing the country's first democratically elected Prime Minister, Adnan Menderes, along with two cabinet ministers.
The island of Yassiada lies about a two-hour ferry ride away from Istanbul. During the military coup in the 1960s, it became a notorious jail for Menderes and his Democratic Party members. Following the decades of struggle against poverty, hunger and stifling laws that targeted devoutly Turks, the DP government's reforms brought much-needed respite to a significant number of people.
However, Adnan Menderes, who won three elections and governed for 10 years, had started his political career as a member of the CHP. He rose through the CHP ranks, became a member of parliament reportedly on Ataturk's command and served under the CHP's roof for over 10 years. Although Gursel believed that Inonu would not have sanctioned the coup, he did admit in his last letter that Inonu had put pressure on him to execute Adnan Menderes. He expressed regret at this.
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