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1940 in Turkey
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Events in the year 1940 in Turkey.[1]
Parliament
Incumbents
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP)
Cabinet
Events
- 18 January – Law of national prevention (Milli Korunma Kanunu) a law which authorizes the government to control the economy to overcome the war time hardships
- 17 April – The law of Village Institutes
- 29 June – Turco German trade agreement
- 20 October – Census (Population17,820,950)
- 25 November – Martial law in the European part of Turkey
- 20 December – Earthquake in the East Anatolia
Births
- 1 January – Alp Yalman, businessman
- 23 January – Dinç Bilgin, businessman, media owner
- 27 January – Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin, government minister
- 15 February – İsmail Cem İpekçi, government minister
- 23 February – Kamer Genç, politician
- 10 July – Rıfat Çalışkan, cyclist
- 29 July – Aytaç Yalman, general
- 1 September – Yaşar Büyükanıt, chief of staff
- 6 September – Mesut Yılmaz, prime minister (48th, 53rd and 55th government of Turkey)
- 18 October – Onur Öymen, politician, diplomat
- 20 November – Ediz Hun, actor
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Deaths
- 19 March – Besim Ömer Akalın (born in 1862), MD and politician
- 18 April – Lütfi Müfit Özdeş (born in 1874), military officer
- 13 October – Muhittin Akyüz (born in 1879), military officer, diplomat and politician
Gallery
Refik Saydam
Kamer Genç
Yaşar Büyükanıt
Onur Öymen
Besim Ömer Akalın
Lütfi Müfit Özdeş
Muhittin Akyüz
References
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