1943 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.
 * 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

 * 1 January – İbrahim Fırtına, air force general
 * 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
 * 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