1940 in Turkey
# 1940 in Turkey

Events in the year 1940 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 – 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
* Besim Ömer Akalın
* Lütfi Müfit Özdeş
* Muhittin Akyüz
