1943 in Turkey

← 1942 1941 1940 1943 in Turkey → 1944 1945 1946
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1943 in Turkey.

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.
• 28 February – General Elections
• 21 March – Exchange of wounded British and Italian soldiers in Mersin
• 20 June – Earthquake in Adapazarı (northwest Anatolia)
• 10 September – Fire in the Grand Bazaar (Kapalıçarşı) 202 shops were destroyed
• 4 December – İsmet İnönü met with Winston Churchill and Dwight D. Eisenhower in Cairo

Births

• 1 January – İbrahim Fırtına, air force general
• 2 January - Janet Akyüz Mattei, female 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
• 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

Gallery

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  İsmet İnönü

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  Şükrü Saracoğlu

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  Janet Akyüz Mattel

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  Zeki Alasya

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  İlker Başbuğ

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  Murat Karayalçın

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  Fethi Okyar

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  Cevat Abbas Gürer