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
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