1941 in Turkey

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* 1940s
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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

## Gallery

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* Refik Saydam

* Ayşe Kulin

* Ahmet Necdet Sezer

* Salih Bozok

* Kazım Dirik

* Meliha Ulaş

* Cemal Mersinli

## References

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

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1941 in Europe

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* Albania
* Andorra
*   *   *   *   *   * Baden
*   *   *   * Belgium
*   *   * Bulgaria
*   *   *   *   *   *   * Denmark
*   *   *   *   * Finland
* France
*   * Germany
*   * Greece
*   *   * Hungary
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* Italy
*   *   *   * Liechtenstein
*   * Luxembourg
*   *   *   *   *   * Monaco
*   *   *   *   * Netherlands
*   * Norway
*   *   *   * Portugal
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*   * San Marino
*   *   *   * Slovakia
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* Kazakh SSR
* Latvian SSR
* Lithuanian SSR
* Moldavian SSR
* Russian SFSR
* Ukrainian SSR
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
*   * United Kingdom
*   * Vatican City
*   *   *   * Yugoslavia

Dependencies, colonies
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* Åland
* Cyprus
*   * Gibraltar
* Guernsey
* Isle of Man
* Jersey
* Malta

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1941 in Asia

Sovereign states|

* Afghanistan
*   *   *   *   * Bhutan
*   *   *   *   * Ceylon
* China
*   * Egypt
*   *   *   * Iran
* Iraq
*   * Japan
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Nepal
* Oman
*   *   *   *   *   * Philippines
*   *   * Saudi Arabia
*   * Sikkim
*   * Soviet Union
*   *   *   * Thailand
*   * Transjordan
* Turkey
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   * North Yemen

States with limited
recognition

*   * Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
* Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
* Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
* Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Mongolia
*   *   *   *   *   * Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
* Tibet
* Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
* Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic

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and other territories

* Bahrain
* British India
*   * British Malaya
* Brunei
*   *   * Colony of Aden
* Cyprus
* Dutch East Indies
* French India
* French Indochina
*   * Kuwait
*   *   * Mandatory Palestine
* Mandatory Syria
* Taiwan

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