List of events
Events in the year 1940 in Turkey .[1]
Parliament [ edit ] Incumbents [ edit ] Ruling party and the main opposition [ edit ] Cabinet [ edit ] 12th government of Turkey
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 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 Gallery [ edit ] İsmet İnönü
Refik Saydam
Kamer Genç
Yaşar Büyükanıt
Onur Öymen
Besim Ömer Akalın
Lütfi Müfit Özdeş
Muhittin Akyüz
References [ edit ] ^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 87–88