title: 1940 in Turkey
text: # 1940 in Turkey
  
  Events in the year 1940 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 – 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
  
  ## Births
  
  * 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
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 19 March – Besim Ömer Akalın (born in 1862), MD and politician
  * 18 April – Lütfi Müfit Özdeş (born in 1874), military officer
  * 13 October – Muhittin Akyüz (born in 1879), military officer, diplomat and politician
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * İsmet İnönü
  * Refik Saydam
  * Kamer Genç
  * Yaşar Büyükanıt
  * Onur Öymen
  * Besim Ömer Akalın
  * Lütfi Müfit Özdeş
  * Muhittin Akyüz
  