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

  Cabinet

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 agreement of friendship
• 22 June – Turkey declared neutrality in the recently started Germany-USSR War
• 23 June – Refah tragedy, a Turkish ship was torpedord 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 İstanbul

  Births

• 15 may – Özdemir Sabancı, industrialist
• 24 June – Erkin Koray, musician
• 18 July – Bedrettin Dalan, Mayor of İstanbul
• 26 August – Ayşe Kulin, writer
• 13 September – Ahmet Necdet Sezer, president
• 21 November – İdil Biret, pianist
• 26 December – Şener Şen, actor

  Deaths

• 25 April – Salih Bozok, Atatürk’s aide de camp
• 3 July – Kâzım Dirik, retired general
• 17 July – Meliha Ulaş, politician, teacher
• 7 October – Cemal Mersinli, retired general

  Gallery