List of events
Events in the year 1944 in Turkey .[ 1]
Parliament
Incumbents
Ruling party and the main opposition
Cabinet
Events
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
15 March – Nebahat Çehre , actress
4 April – Toktamış Ateş , academic
17 August – Semra Sezer , teacher, wife of former president Ahmet Necdet Sezer
19 September – İsmet Özel , poet
12 October – Abdülkadir Aksu , politician
14 October – Şerif Gören , movie director
11 November – Kemal Sunal , actor
22 November – Osman Korutürk , diplomat and politician
17 December – İlhan Erdost , publisher
Deaths
Gallery
İsmet İnönü
Şükrü Saracoğlu
Abdülmecid II
Münir Ertegün
Nebahat Çehre
References
^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 93–94
^ "Ottoman Studies by Adiddin Temizer and Selçuk Özkan" (PDF) (in Turkish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2014-10-07 .^ 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 .
