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List of events
Events in the year 1940 in Turkey .
[1]
Parliament
Incumbents
Ruling party and the main opposition
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
Gallery
İsmet İnönü
Refik Saydam
Kamer Genç
Yaşar Büyükanıt
Onur Öymen
Besim Ömer Akalın
Lütfi Müfit Özdeş
Muhittin Akyüz
References
^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 87–88