Events in the year 1941 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 88–90
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
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