1942 in Turkey

• 6th Parliament of Turkey

• President – İsmet İnönü
• Prime Minister

Refik Saydam (up to 7 July)

Ahmet Fikri Tüzer (acting, 7 July – 9 July)

Şükrü Saracoğlu (from 9 July)

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

12th government of Turkey (up to 9 July) 13th government of Turkey (from 9 July)

• 16 March – British war planes bombarded Milas. They claimed this event as an error.
• 8 April – Exchange of wounded British and Italian soldiers in İzmir
• 7 July – Upon Refik Saydam’s death on duty, Ahmet Fikri Tüzer acted as the prime minister for two days
• 14 July – Atılay tragedy. Submarine Atılay sank because of a naval mine in the Strait of Çanakkale (Dardanelles)
• 11 November – Wealth tax (varlık vergisi) an incontestable tax to support the treasury against World War II expenditures
• 20 December – 1942 Niksar–Erbaa earthquake

• 1 January – Vural Öger, businessman
• 14 March – Emin Çölaşan, journalist
• 31 May – Gündüz Tekin Onay, footballer and coach
• 12 June – Tülay Tuğcu, chief judge
• 17 June – Doğu Perinçek, politician
• 2 July – Ahmet Türk, politician
• 9 August – Erman Şener, film critic, screenwriter
• 22 August, Uğur Mumcu, academic, journalist
• 30 August, Zafer Ergin, actor
• 18 September – Şenes Erzik, vice president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
• 13 October – Aykut Oray, actor
• 23 December -Süha Arın, film director