1939 in Turkey

Parliament

• 5th Parliament of Turkey
• 6th Parliament of Turkey

  Incumbents

• President – İsmet İnönü
• Prime Minister

  Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party – Republican People’s Party

  Cabinet

• 10th government of Turkey
• 11th government of Turkey
• 12th government of Turkey

  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 Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XII, 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, journalist
• 25 September – Ali Saip Ursavaş, politician
• 20 December – Yakup Şevki Subaşı, retired general
• 25 December – Ömer Halis Bıyıktay, retired general

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