Events in the year 1940 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 87–88
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 (d. 2007) 23 February – Kamer Genç, politician (d. 2016) 10 July – Rıfat Çalışkan, cyclist (d. 2009) 29 July – Aytaç Yalman, general (d. 2020) 1 September – Yaşar Büyükanıt, chief of staff (d. 2019) 6 September – Mesut Yılmaz, prime minister (48th, 53rd and 55th government of Turkey) (d. 2020) 18 October – Onur Öymen, politician, diplomat 20 November – Ediz Hun, actor 20 December – Mehdi Zana, politician and author (d. 2026)
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
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