1941 in Turkey

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1941
in
Turkey

  • 1942
  • 1943
  • 1944
Centuries:
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
See also:List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1941 in Turkey.[1]

Parliament

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  • 6th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

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  • President – İsmet İnönü
  • Prime Minister – Refik Saydam

Ruling party and the main opposition

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

Cabinet

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12th government of Turkey

Events

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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
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References

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  1. ^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 88–90
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