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1940 in Turkey

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Centuries:
  
20th 21st

1940 in Turkey

Decades:
  
1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s

Events in the year 1940 in Turkey.

Contents

Parliament

  • 6th Parliament of Turkey

    • Incumbents

  • President - İsmet İnönü
  • Prime Minister - Refik Saydam

    • Ruling party and the main opposition

  • Ruling party –Republican People’s Party (CHP)

    • Cabinet

    12th government of Turkey

    Events

  • 18 January – Law of national prevention (Milli Korunma Kanunu) a law which authorizes the government to control the economy to overcome the war time hardships
  • 17 April – The law of Village Institutes
  • 29 June - Turco German trade agreement
  • 20 October – Census (Population17,820,950)
  • 25 November – Martial law in the European part of Turkey
  • 20 December – Earthquake in the East Anatolia

    • Births

  • 1 January – Alp Yalman, businessman
  • 23 January – Dinç Bilgin, businessman, media owner
  • 27 January – Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin, government minister
  • 15 February – İsmail Cem İpekçi, government minister
  • 23 February- Kamer Genç, politician
  • 10 July - Rıfat Çalışkan, cyclist
  • 29 July – Aytaç Yalman, general
  • 1 September – Yaşar Büyükanıt, chief of staff
  • 6 September - Mesut Yılmaz, prime minister (48th, 53rd and 55th government of Turkey)
  • 18 October – Onur Öymen, politician, diplomat
  • 20 November – Ediz Hun, actor

    • Deaths

  • 19 March - Besim Ömer Akalın (born in 1862), MD and politician
  • 18 April - Lütfi Müfit Özdeş (born in 1874), military officer
  • 13 October - Muhittin Akyüz (born in 1879), military officer, diplomat and politician

    • References

    1940 in Turkey Wikipedia
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