May 27 post from President Erdoğan
President Erdoğan paid tribute to Adnan Menderes, Fatin Rüştü Zorlu and Hasan Polatkan, who were executed after the May 27 coup.
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In his post on his social media account, President Erdoğan commemorated Adnan Menderes, Fatin Rüştü Zorlu and Hasan Polatkan, who were executed after the May 27 coup, on the 65th anniversary of their murder.
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After the coup of May 27, 1960, Prime Minister Adnan Menderes, Minister of Foreign Affairs Fatin Rüştü Zorlu and Minister of Finance Hasan Polatkan, who were tried in Yassıada, were executed.
NEWS CENTER - President Erdogan, in his post on his social media account, regarding the trial and execution of three people after May 27, said: "We commemorate Prime Minister Adnan Menderes, Minister of Foreign Affairs Fatin Rüştü Zorlu and Minister of Finance Hasan Polatkan, who were unjustly and unlawfully sentenced to death by the junta court of May 27, which was a heavy blow to Turkish democracy and the will of the nation, on the 65th anniversary of their murder." "I remember them. May God grant them peace and rest their souls," he said.
