1939 in Turkey
# 1939 in Turkey

Events in the year 1939 in Turkey.

## Parliament

* 5th Parliament of Turkey (up to 3 April)
* 6th Parliament of Turkey

## Incumbents

* President – İsmet İnönü
* Prime Minister

       Celal Bayar
       Refik Saydam

## Ruling party and the main opposition

* Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP)

## Cabinet

* 10th government of Turkey (up to 25 January)
* 11th government of Turkey (25 January – 3 April)
* 12th government of Turkey (from 3 April)

## Events

* 25 January – Prime minister Celal Bayar resigned. İsmet İnönü appointed Refik Saydam as the new prime minister *26 March – General elections
* 26 June – Hatay Republic decided to merge to Turkey
* 23 July – The last of the French military troops left Hatay
* 22 September – Dikili Earthquake.46 deaths
* 19 October – Defensive alliance with United Kingdom and France
* 27/28 December – The 7.8 $M_w$  Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XII (Extreme), causing $20 million in damage, and leaving 32,700–32,968 dead.

## Births

* 10 February – Enver Ören, business man, newspaper owner
* 11 February – Okay Temiz, musician
* 10 June – Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, academic, politician
* 25 July – Filiz Dinçmen, first female ambassador of Turkey
* 31 October – Çiğdem Talu, lyricist
* 2 December – Özcan Arkoç, goalkeeper
* 27 December – Leyla Sayar, actress

## Deaths

* 19 May – Ahmet Ağaoğlu (born in 1869), journalist
* 25 September – Ali Saip Ursavaş (1887), politician
* 20 December – Yakup Şevki Subaşı (born in 1876), retired general
* 25 December – Ömer Halis Bıyıktay (born in 1883), retired general

## Gallery

* İsmet İnönü
* Celal Bayar
* Refik Saydam
* Ahmet Ağaoğlu
* Ali Saip Ursavaş
* Yakup Şevki
* Ömer Halis Bıyıktay
