1941 in Turkey

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

Events in the year 1941 in Turkey.

Parliament

• 6th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President - İsmet İnönü
• Prime Minister - Refik Saydam

Ruling party and the main opposition

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

Cabinet

12th government of Turkey

Events

• 18 January – Petrol Ofisi a national petrolium company was founded
• 24 March – Turco Soviet declaration. Soviet Union promised neutrality in case of an assault to Turkey
• 18 June _ Turco German agrrement of friendship
• 22 June – Turkey declared neutrality in the recently started Germany-USSR War (In WW2)
• 23 June – Refah tragedy, a Turkish ship was torpedord by an anonymous battle ship. 168 deaths
• 10 December – Earthquake in Eastern Anatolia
• 19 December – Due to war time hardships, bread consumption was restricted in İstanbul

Births

• 15 may - Özdemir Sabancı, industralist
• 24 June - Erkin Koray, musician
• 18 July - Bedrettin Dalan, Mayor of İstanbul
• 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 1975), retired general

Gallery

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  İsmet İnönü

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  Refik Saydam

• Ozdemir Sabanci.gif

  Özdemir Sabancı

• Erkin Koray.jpg

  Erkin Koray

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  Ayşe Kulin

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  Ahmet Necdet Sezer

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  Şener şen

• Salih Bey.jpg

  Salih Bozok

• Vali Kazim Dirik.jpg

  Kazım Dirik

• Meliha Ulaş.jpg

  Meliha Ulaş

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  Cemal Mersinli