Menderes (name)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Menderes is a Turkish surname and a masculine given name. It refers to the river in western Anatolia.[1] Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Adnan Menderes (1899–1961), Turkish politician and prime minister
- Aydın Menderes (1946–2011), Turkish politician
- Berrin Menderes (1905–1994), Turkish woman married to Adnan Menderes
- Meral Menderes (1933–2011), Turkish opera singer as soprano
Given name
- Menderes Samancılar (born 1954), Turkish actor
- Menderes Türel (born 1964), Turkish politician
This page or section lists people that share the same given name or the same family name.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.
References
- ^ Robert F. Spencer (1961). "The Social Context of Modern Turkish Names". Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. 17 (3): 206. doi:10.1086/soutjanth.17.3.3629041.