1942 in Turkey

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Centuries: 20th 21st

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

Events in the year 1942 in Turkey.

Parliament

6th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

President - İsmet İnönü

Prime Minister

Ruling party and the main opposition

Ruling party –Republican People’s Party (CHP)

Cabinet

12th government of Turkey (up to 9 July) 13th government of Turkey (from 9 July)

Events

16 March – British war planes bombarded Milas. They claimed this event as an error.

8 April – Exchange of wounded British and Italian soldiers in İzmir

7 July – Upon Refik Saydam’s death on duty, Ahmet Fikri Tüzer acted as the prime minister for two days

14 July – Atılay tragedy. Submarine Atılay sank because of a naval mine in the Strait of Çanakkale (Dardanelles)

11 November – Wealth tax (varlık vergisi) an incontestable tax to support the treasurty against Word war II expenditures.

Births

1 January- Vural Öger, businessman

14 March - Emin Çölaşan, journalist

31 May - Gündüz Tekin Onay, footballer and coach

12 June - Tülay Tuğcu, chief judge

17 June - Doğu Perinçek, politician

2 July - Ahmet Türk, politician

9 August - Erman Şener, film critic, screenwriter

22 August, Uğur Mumcu, academic, journalist

30 August, Zafer Ergin, actor

18 September - Şenes Erzik, vice president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)

13 October - Aykut Oray, actor

23 December -Süha Arın, film director

Deaths

7 July – Refik Saydam (born in 1881), prime minister on duty

9 May – Vedat Tek (born in 1873), architect

16 August – Ahmet Fikri Tüzer (born in 1878), government minister and former acting prime minister

8 September – Rıza Nur (born in 1879), politician

16 November - Ömer Lütfi Argeşo (born in 1880), politician

References

1942 in Turkey Wikipedia

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