Events in the year 1939 in Turkey.
Ruling party and the main opposition
Ruling party –Republican People’s Party (CHP)
10th government of Turkey (up to 25 January)
11th government of Turkey (25 January – 3 April)
12th government of Turkey (from 3 April)
25 January – Prime minister Celal Bayar resigned. İsmet İnönü appointed Refik Saydam as the new prime minister *26 March – General elections
26 June – Hatay Republic decided to merge to Turkey
23 July – The last of the French military troops left Hatay
22 September – Dikili Earthquake.46 deaths
19 October – Defensive alliance with United Kingdom and France
27/28 December - The 7.8 Mw Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XII (Extreme), causing $20 million in damage, and leaving 32,700–32,968 dead.
10 February – Enver Ören, business man, newspaper owner
11 February – Okay Temiz, musician
10 June – Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, academic, politician
25 July – Filiz Dinçmen, first female ambassador of Turkey
31 October – Çiğdem Talu, lyricist
2 December – Özcan Arkoç, goalkeeper
27 December – Leyla Sayar, actress
19 May – Ahmet Ağaoğlu (born in 1869), journalist
25 September – Ali Saip Ursavaş (1887), politician
20 December – Yakup Şevki Subaşı (born in 1876), retired general
25 December – Ömer Halis Bıyıktay (born in 1883), retired general
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