Menderes
Americannoun
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Adnan 1899–1961, Turkish political leader: premier 1950–60.
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Ancient Maeander,. Ancient Meander. a river in western Asia Minor, flowing into the Aegean near Samos. 240 miles (385 km) long.
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Ancient Scamander. a river in northwestern Asia Minor, flowing across the Trojan plain into the Dardanelles. 60 miles (97 km) long.
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Ancient name: Maeander. a river in SW Turkey flowing southwest, then west to the Aegean. Length: about 386 km (240 miles)
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Ancient name: Scamander. a river in NW Turkey flowing west and northwest to the Dardanelles. Length: 104 km (65 miles)
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Menderes Akbulut, general manager of Koral Travel, which mainly serves the British market, said many small hotels have already begun to close.
From Reuters • Sep. 3, 2021
Menderes knows what his followers are doing, and in fact dictates the laws that they enact.
From Time Magazine Archive
Adnan Menderes, the man who walked bloody but unbroken from a 1959 plane crash that killed fifteen, was not the man to moderate his ways in such an hour.
From Time Magazine Archive
He inherited the party and prestige of Turkey's slain strongman, Adnan Menderes, and adroitly harnessed the demirkirat, or iron grey horse, which was the symbol of Menderes' Democratic Party, for his own Justice Party.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even President Celal Bayar was worried enough to urge Menderes to consider seeking peace with the opposition Republicans.
From Time Magazine Archive
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