Menderes may refer to:

Geography and places in Turkey

Menderes (Istanbul Metro) Menderes is an underground rapid transit station on the M1B line of the Istanbul Metro The Istanbul Metro ( tr, İstanbul metrosu) is a rapid transit railway network that serves the city of Istanbul, Turkey. It is operated by Metro Istanbul ...

, an underground rapid transit station *

Menderes, İzmir Menderes is a district of İzmir Province in Turkey. Overview Menderes district, which is notable for its satsumas, beautiful bays and historical riches, is from İzmir. The antique city of Lebedos is situated in the western corner of the distri ...

, a district of İzmir Province *

Büyük Menderes River The Büyük Menderes River (historically the Maeander or Meander, from Ancient Greek: Μαίανδρος, ''Maíandros''; tr, Büyük Menderes Irmağı), is a river in southwestern Turkey. It rises in west central Turkey near Dinar before fl ...

, a river in southwestern Turkey, known in ancient times as ''Meander'' *

Adnan Menderes Airport Adnan ( ar, عدنان, 'adnān) is the traditional ancestor of the Adnanite Arabs of Northern, Western, Eastern and Central Arabia, as opposed to the Qahtanite Arabs of Southern Arabia who descend from Qahtan. His ancestry can be traced back t ...

, in İzmir *

Adnan Menderes Airport Rail Station Adnan Menderes Airport railway station also referred to as just Airport ( tr, Adnan Menderes Havaalanı, Havaalanı) is a railway station in southern Gaziemir. The station is served by regional trains heading to southwestern Turkey, operated by t ...

, in southern Gaziemir *

Adnan Menderes University Adnan ( ar, عدنان, 'adnān) is the traditional ancestor of the Adnanite Arabs of Northern, Western, Eastern and Central Arabia, as opposed to the Qahtanite Arabs of Southern Arabia who descend from Qahtan. His ancestry can be traced back t ...

, in Aydın

People

; Surname *

Adnan Menderes Adnan Menderes (; 1899 – 17 September 1961) was a Turkish politician who served as Prime Minister of Turkey between 1950 and 1960. He was one of the founders of the Democrat Party (DP) in 1946, the fourth legal opposition party of Turkey. He ...

(1899–1961), Turkish politician and prime minister, executed after a military coup * Aydın Menderes (1946–2011), Turkish politician *

Meral Menderes Meral Menderes (1933 – 27 December 2011) was a Turkish opera singer as soprano. Early life Meral Menderes was born in Kuşadası of Aydın Province , western Turkey in 1933. She took her first singing lessons from Münir Ceyhan at Istanbul Mu ...

(1933–2011), Turkish opera singer as soprano ;Given name *

Menderes Samancılar Menderes Samancılar (born 1 May 1954) is a Turkish actor. Life and career Samancılar was born on 1 May 1954 in Adana and is of Kurdish descent. He won the first prize in a photonovel competition organized by a newspaper in 1974. He starred in ...

(born 1954), Turkish actor *

Menderes Türel Menderes Mehmet Tevfik Türel (born 11 July 1964, Antalya, Turkey) is a Turkish politician of the Justice and Development Party (AKP). He was the mayor of Antalya from 29 March 2004 until March 2009, and once again from 30 March 2014 to 8 April ...

(born 1964), Turkish politician of the Justice and Development Party (AKP)

Fictional characters

* Andeanna Menderes, a femme fatale in ''Lady of the Shades'' * Mikis "The Turk" Menderes, a crime boss in ''Lady of the Shades'' {{disambiguation, geo, given name, surname Turkish-language surnames Turkish masculine given names