1942 in Turkey

Events in the year 1942 in Turkey.

Parliament

 * 6th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

 * President – İsmet İnönü
 * Prime Minister
 * Refik Saydam (up to 7 July)
 * Ahmet Fikri Tüzer (acting, 7 July – 9 July)
 * Şükrü Saracoğlu (from 9 July)

Ruling party and the main opposition

 * Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP)

Cabinet
12th government of Turkey (up to 9 July) 13th government of Turkey (from 9 July)

Events

 * 16 March – British war planes bombarded Milas. They claimed this event as an error.
 * 8 April – Exchange of wounded British and Italian soldiers in İzmir
 * 7 July – Upon Refik Saydam’s death on duty, Ahmet Fikri Tüzer acted as the prime minister for two days
 * 14 July – Atılay tragedy. Submarine Atılay sank because of a naval mine in the Strait of Çanakkale (Dardanelles)
 * 11 November – Wealth tax (varlık vergisi) an incontestable tax to support the treasury against World War II expenditures
 * 20 December – 1942 Niksar–Erbaa earthquake

Births

 * 1 January – Vural Öger, businessman
 * 14 March – Emin Çölaşan, journalist
 * 31 May – Gündüz Tekin Onay, footballer and coach
 * 12 June – Tülay Tuğcu, chief judge
 * 17 June – Doğu Perinçek, politician
 * 2 July – Ahmet Türk, politician
 * 9 August – Erman Şener, film critic, screenwriter
 * 22 August, Uğur Mumcu, academic, journalist
 * 30 August, Zafer Ergin, actor
 * 18 September – Şenes Erzik, vice president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
 * 13 October – Aykut Oray, actor
 * 23 December -Süha Arın, film director

Deaths

 * 7 July – Refik Saydam (born in 1881), prime minister on duty
 * 9 May – Vedat Tek (born in 1873), architect
 * 16 August – Ahmet Fikri Tüzer (born in 1878), government minister and former acting prime minister
 * 8 September – Rıza Nur (born in 1879), politician
 * 16 November – Ömer Lütfi Argeşo (born in 1880), politician