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1944 in Turkey

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1944
in
Turkey

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See also:List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1944 in Turkey.[1]

Parliament

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Incumbents

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Ruling party and the main opposition

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Cabinet

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Events

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  • 18 January – Marine accident in Bandırma. 24 deaths
  • 1 February – 1944 Bolu–Gerede earthquake (north west Anatolia) 3959 deaths
  • 31 March – Turkish cargo ship Krom was torpedoed (Although the freight was wheat, the name of the ship was Krom (Chromium) and it was probably torpedoed because it was assumed that its freight might be chromium to Germany) [2]
  • 4 June – End of Ottoman Public Debt Administration (after 90 years)
  • 2 August – End of diplomatic relations with Germany
  • 6 October – The 1944 Gulf of Edremit–Ayvacik earthquake triggers a tsunami and kills at least 73 people.[3]
  • 7 December – Turkey joined the International Aviation Agreement

Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 93–94
  2. ^ "Ottoman Studies by Adiddin Temizer and Selçuk Özkan" (PDF) (in Turkish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2014-10-07.
  3. ^ Altınok, Y.; Alpar, B.; Yaltırak, C.; Pınar, A.; Özer, N. (2012). "The earthquakes and related tsunamis of October 6,1944 and March 7, 1867; NE Aegean Sea". Natural Hazards. 60 (1): 3–25. Bibcode:2012NatHa..60....3A. doi:10.1007/s11069-011-9949-7.