1939 in Turkey

Events in the year 1939 in Turkey.

← 1938 1937 1936 1939 in Turkey → 1940 1941 1942
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Parliament

• 5th Parliament of Turkey (up to 3 April)
• 6th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President – İsmet İnönü
• Prime Minister

Celal Bayar

Refik Saydam

Ruling party and the main opposition

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

Cabinet

• 10th government of Turkey (up to 25 January)
• 11th government of Turkey (25 January – 3 April)
• 12th government of Turkey (from 3 April)

Events

• 25 January – Prime minister Celal Bayar resigned. İsmet İnönü appointed Refik Saydam as the new prime minister *26 March – General elections
• 26 June – Hatay Republic decided to merge to Turkey
• 23 July – The last of the French military troops left Hatay
• 22 September – Dikili Earthquake.46 deaths
• 19 October – Defensive alliance with United Kingdom and France
• 27/28 December – The 7.8 M_w  Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XII (Extreme), causing $20 million in damage, and leaving 32,700–32,968 dead.

Births

• 10 February – Enver Ören, business man, newspaper owner
• 11 February – Okay Temiz, musician
• 10 June – Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, academic, politician
• 25 July – Filiz Dinçmen, first female ambassador of Turkey
• 31 October – Çiğdem Talu, lyricist
• 2 December – Özcan Arkoç, goalkeeper
• 27 December – Leyla Sayar, actress

Deaths

• 19 May – Ahmet Ağaoğlu (born in 1869), journalist
• 25 September – Ali Saip Ursavaş (1887), politician
• 20 December – Yakup Şevki Subaşı (born in 1876), retired general
• 25 December – Ömer Halis Bıyıktay (born in 1883), retired general

Gallery

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  İsmet İnönü
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  Celal Bayar
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  Refik Saydam
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  Ahmet Ağaoğlu
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  Ali Saip Ursavaş
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  Yakup Şevki
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  Ömer Halis Bıyıktay