title: 1941 in Turkey
text: # 1941 in Turkey
  
  Events in the year 1941 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: 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
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 25 April – Salih Bozok (born in 1881), Atatürk's aide de camp
  * 3 July – Kâzım Dirik (born in 1881), retired general
  * 17 July – Meliha Ulaş (born in 1901), politician, teacher
  * 7 October – Cemal Mersinli (born in 1875), retired general
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * İsmet İnönü
  * Refik Saydam
  * Ayşe Kulin
  * Ahmet Necdet Sezer
  * Salih Bozok
  * Kazım Dirik
  * Meliha Ulaş
  * Cemal Mersinli
  