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1941 in Turkey

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Centuries:
  
20th 21st

1941 in Turkey

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

Events in the year 1941 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 – Petrol Ofisi a national petrolium company was founded
  • 24 March – Turco Soviet declaration. Soviet Union promised neutrality in case of an assault to Turkey
  • 18 June _ Turco German agrrement of friendship
  • 22 June – Turkey declared neutrality in the recently started Germany-USSR War (In WW2)
  • 23 June – Refah tragedy, a Turkish ship was torpedord by an anonymous battle ship. 168 deaths
  • 10 December – Earthquake in Eastern Anatolia
  • 19 December – Due to war time hardships, bread consumption was restricted in İstanbul

    • Births

  • 15 may - Özdemir Sabancı, industralist
  • 24 June - Erkin Koray, musician
  • 18 July - Bedrettin Dalan, Mayor of İstanbul
  • 26 August - Ayşe Kulin, writer
  • 13 September - Ahmet Necdet Sezer, president (2000-2007)
  • 21 November - İdil Biret, pianist
  • 26 December - Şener Şen, actor

    • Deaths

  • 25 April – Salih Bozok (born in 1881), Atatürk’s aide de camp
  • 3 July – Kâzım Dirik (born in 1881), retired general
  • 17 July - Meliha Ulaş (born in 1901), politician, teacher
  • 7 October – Cemal Mersinli (born in 1975), retired general

    • References

    1941 in Turkey Wikipedia
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