The 6th Grand National Assembly of Turkey existed from 26 March 1939 to 8 March 1943. There were 470 MPs in the parliament all of which were the members of the

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(CHP).

Main parliamentary milestones

Some of the important events in the history of the parliament are the following:Türkiye'nin 75 Yılı; Tempo Yayıncılık, İstanbul *26 March 1939 – General elections *3 April 1939 –

İsmet İnönü Mustafa İsmet İnönü (; 24 September 1884 – 25 December 1973) was a Turkish army officer and statesman of Kurdish descent, who served as the second President of Turkey from 11 November 1938 to 22 May 1950, and its Prime Minister three tim ...

was elected as the

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for the second time *3 April 1939 –

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*30 June 1939 – Parliament approved merging

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*17 April 1940 – ''Law 2780'' :

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were established *9 July 1942 – Upon Refik Saydam’s death,

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of CHP formed the

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*11 November 1942 – ''Law 4305'' : Wealth tax ( tr,

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) *28 February 1943 –

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References

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