1941 in Turkey
Events in the year 1941 in Turkey.[1]
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Parliament
Incumbents
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP)
Cabinet
Events
- 18 January: Petrol Ofisi a national petroleum company founded.
- 24 March: Turco Soviet declaration. Soviet Union promised neutrality in case of an assault on Turkey.
- 18 June: German-Turkish Friendship and Nonaggression Pact signed.
- 22 June: Turkey declared neutrality in the recently started Germany-USSR War.
- 23 June: Refah tragedy, a Turkish ship was torpedoed by an anonymous battle ship, causing 168 deaths.
- 10 December: 1941 Van–Erciş earthquake
- 19 December: Due to war time hardships, bread consumption was restricted in Istanbul.
Births
- 15 May – Özdemir Sabancı, industrialist (died 1996)
- 24 June – Erkin Koray, musician
- 18 July – Bedrettin Dalan, Mayor of İstanbul
- 7 August – Gündüz Aktan, diplomat and politician (died 2008)
- 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 1875), retired general
Gallery
İsmet İnönü
Refik Saydam
Ayşe Kulin
Ahmet Necdet Sezer
Salih Bozok
Kazım Dirik
Meliha Ulaş
Cemal Mersinli
References
- Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 88–90
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