Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15
TURKEY
Deposed President ond Premier
Among IS Sentenced to Hang
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and there was no indication
that the present ruling military
regime which deposed Menderes
would impose curfew.
Hours after his collapse, doc
tors said Menderes was improv-
ing. Newsmen were escorted
to his hospital room to see him.
He appeared conscious but seri-
ously i'll. A tube had been
inserted in his nose.
The Western-minded Men
deres was overthrown by a
military coup in May, 1860,
after ruling Turkey sternly for
10 years. He was seized at
tempting to flee.
Gen. Genial Gursel, a little
known military commander who
took over power, put MendereS
and leaders of his Democrat
Party on trial October IA, 1860,
on variety of charges rang
ing from misusing public funds
to terrorism.
Others Sentenced
Also sentenced to death to-
day were former National As
sembly officers Agah Erozan
and Ibrahim Kirazoglou and
three members of a special in
vestigation committee Menderes
established to investigate the
opposition Republican Party,
Hamdi Samoan. Nusret KRIS
cioglou and Bahazir Dulger.
Two others condemned were
former Deputies Emin Kalafat
and BAHIA Aksit, a close Men
deres associate.
Bayar was Unconditional today
as he listened to presiding JUS
tice Salim Basel read out the
death sentence. Bayar tried to
hang himself with his belt
year ago while awaiting trial.
But once in court he was the
most outspoken of the defend
ants, often engaging in angry
exchanges with the court.
Members of the cabinet also
refrained from emotion as they
listened to the sentences eli
making the 10-month trial on
this Marmara Sea island.
A former National Assem-
bly, officer, Than Sipahioglou,
in the dock with Bayar and
cabinet officers, was acquitted.
He broke into a slow smile as
some of his co-defendantS
nodded to him in congratula-
ton.
One parliamentary woman
deputy, Hilal Ulman, tainted
when she heard herself SEN
fenced to four years and two
months.
MendereS, one of the found
ers of the Democratic Party,
rose to power battling against
government restrictions on the
Turkish press and people
curbs he imposed himself later,
bringing his downfall.
The dapper. stocky Menderes
once said: Il will never be a
former Premier.
His overthrow came after a
series of student demonstra-
tons for more political free
dom that drew the support of
the military. which tradition
ally had kept hands-off poll
tics in Turkey.
Menderes gained a reputa-
ton as "Adnan the Builder"
But critics charged he was
moving too fast for the coun-
try's economic resources and
with his cohorts was living too
high while imposing austerity
on the people.
Menderes was a firm friend
of the West in foreign policy
and a recipient of big Ameri-
can loans. He took Turkey into
the North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization and was one of the
organizers of the original
Baghdad Pact.
A staunch anti-Communist.
all his efforts in foreign rela-
tions were directed away from
Russia, historic enemy of the
Turks.
What got Menderes into real
trouble was his thin skin. He
could not stand criticism. When
grumbling about some of his
policies arose he pushed
through legislation to silence
his critics under threat Of
prison. Scores of Turkish jour-
nalists were jailed, and judges
and university professors fired
for daring to challenge the
government.