1941 in Turkey
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Incumbents
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP)
Cabinet
Events
- 18 January: Petrol Ofisi a national petroleum company founded.
- 24 March: Turco Soviet declaration. Soviet Union promised neutrality in case of an assault on Turkey.
- 18 June: German-Turkish Friendship and Nonaggression Pact signed.
- 22 June: Turkey declared neutrality in the recently started Germany-USSR War.
- 23 June: Refah tragedy, a Turkish ship was torpedoed 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 Istanbul.
Births
- 15 May – Özdemir Sabancı, industrialist (died 1996)
- 24 June – Erkin Koray, musician
- 18 July – Bedrettin Dalan, Mayor of İstanbul
- 7 August – Gündüz Aktan, diplomat and politician (died 2008)
- 26 August – Ayşe Kulin, writer
- 13 September – Ahmet Necdet Sezer, president (2000–2007)
- 21 November – İdil Biret, pianist
- 26 December – Şener Şen, actor
