Events in the year 1943 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 92–93
Parliament 6th Parliament of Turkey (up to 8 March) 7th Parliament of Turkey
Incumbents President – İsmet İnönü Prime Minister – Şükrü Saracoğlu
Ruling party and the main opposition Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP)
Cabinet 13th government of Turkey (up to 9 Merch) 14th government of Turkey (from 9 March)
Events 30 January – Yenice Conference, a meeting between İsmet İnönü and Winston Churchill in which the British side tried to persuade Turkey to join war.Erdal İnönü: Anılar ve Düşünceler I,Idea, İstanbul, 1996, p.154 23 February - The architect of the Genocide Talat Pasha's remnants were transported from Germany to Turkey and buried in Abide-i Hurriyet Cemetery (Monument of Liberty), Istanbul. 28 February – General Elections 21 March – Exchange of wounded British and Italian soldiers in Mersin 20 June – 1943 Adapazarı–Hendek earthquake 10 September – Fire in the Grand Bazaar (Kapalıçarşı) 202 shops were destroyed 26 November – 1943 Tosya–Ladik earthquake 4 December – İsmet İnönü met with Winston Churchill and Dwight D. Eisenhower in Cairo
Births 2 January – Janet Akyüz Mattei, astronomer 2 January – Filiz Akın, actress 2 January – Barış Manço, singer 5 January – Atilla Özdemiroğlu, musician 2 February – Özden Örnek, admiral 3 February – Asaf Savaş Akat, economist 9 February – Cemal Kamacı, boxer 13 February – Şevket Altuğ, actor 18 April – Zeki Alasya, actor 20 April - Abdullah Kiğılı, businessman 29 April – İlker Başbuğ, chief of staff 13 May – Sumru Çörtoğlu, lawyer 13 August – Bilgesu Erenus, playwright and activist 19 September – Murat Karayalçın, politician 12 December – Fatma Girik, actress
Deaths 13 February – Neyyire Neyir, actress 7 May – Fethi Okyar, former prime minister (3rd government of Turkey) 4 July – Cevat Abbas Gürer – politician
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