Abstract:

The Democratic Party, founded in January 1946, came to power on the 14th of May 1950 by parliamentary elections. After the military coup that ended the administration of the Democratic Party on 27 May 1960, the trial process known as the Yassada courts from 14 October 1960 to 15 September 1961 continued for 11 months; 202 trials were held throughout the period. According to the decisions published on 15 September 1961, 14 of the leading names of the DP were sentenced to death. The National Union Committee only approved the execution sentences of Adnan Menderes, Fatin Rüştü Zorlu and Hasan Polatkan, and these three were executed on September 16-17. President Celal Bayar, who was sentenced to death, was sentenced to life imprisonment for his age. 418 accused were sentenced to six months to twenty years in prison. 123 people were arrested. Five of the accused were sentenced. The May 27, 1960 was the first military intervention in the history of the Republic of Turkey. Apart from the command command chain, this blow by a group officer is still leading to controversy today. For the first time after the establishment of the Republic, a Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers were judged with the death penalty and the trial process resulted in the practice of the death penalty of three of them, and the trial processes were followed in the domestic or foreign world public. Specifically by the British, the trials were followed daily by the National Office. The accusations and defences of his parliamentary members who are being tried in the Yassyada courts are also included in the British reports. In the reports, the Democratic Party Parliamentary Deputy Nazlı Tlabar's wife and the interested wife were asked for information in order to help about evidence that could affect the trial process. Mr. Hyde Mr. Maclay also attended the trial rooms with people like Sir Bernard and regularly sent the news from daily press to the UK. Today, considering the documents related to the trial is mostly prepared on the basis of the Republic Archive Documents (BCA) official statements, and local newspapers. The British documents, even though they have addressed the events according to their own perspective, are worth examining because they will keep the light of history, allowing them to access information from the first hand. In this study, the archive documents of Britain, which is a process-important actor to better understand the course of the developments, were discussed. In this regard, in the light of the British Archive documents, Prime Minister Adnan Menderes and Cabinet Members’ Judgment Process were tried to be reinterpreted with a different view, to eliminate the shortcomings related to the period and to make new detections.

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