The battles were named after the town, and İsmet İnönü, the Turkish commanding officer during the battles and future President and Prime Minister of Turkey, was given his surname in honor of his services during the battles.
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In September 2011, during a meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed a desire to see Turkish become an official UN language.
It is named after Adnan Menderes (1899-1961), the prime minister of Turkey between 1950 and 1960.
İsmet İnönü, the first prime minister of Turkey, worked to improve old Bomonti Beer Company.
The driver, who fled the scene of the accident was identified as Ahmet Burak Erdoğan, son of the current Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, then Mayor of Istanbul.