1940 in Turkey

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Centuries:

20th
21st

Decades:

1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s

Parliament

6th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

Ruling party and the main opposition

Ruling party –Republican People’s Party (CHP)

Cabinet

12th government of Turkey

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

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

İsmet İnönü
Refik Saydam
Kamer Genç
Yaşar Büyükanıt
Onur Öymen
Ediz Hun
Besim Ömer Akalın
Lütfi Müfit Özdeş
Muhittin Akyüz

References

↑ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 87-88

Years in Turkey (1923–present)

1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

1940 in Europe

Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Baden Belgium Bulgaria Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Prussia Romania San Marino Slovakia Soviet Union Armenian SSR Azerbaijan SSR Byelorussian SSR Estonian SSR Georgian SSR Kazakh SSR Latvian SSR Lithuanian SSR Moldavian SSR Russian SFSR Ukrainian SSR Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Vatican City Yugoslavia

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Åland Cyprus Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta

1940 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

Dependencies, colonies 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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