Events in the year 1924 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 8–20

Parliament

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

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Kemal Atatürk Kemal may refer to: ;People * Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, a Turkish politician and the first president of Turkey * Kemal (name), a common Turkish name ;Places * Kemalpaşa, İzmir Province, Turkey * Mustafakemalpaşa, Bursa Province, Turkey ;See als ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

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 ...

(up to 21 November) :: Fethi Okyar (from 21 November) *

Leader of the opposition The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the opposition is typically se ...

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Kâzım Karabekir Musa Kâzım Karabekir (also spelled Kiazim Karabekir in English; 1882 – 26 January 1948) was a Turkish general and politician. He was the commander of the Eastern Army of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I and served as Speaker of ...

(from 8 December)

Ruling party and the main opposition

* Ruling party –

Republican People's Party The Republican People's Party ( tr, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, , acronymized as CHP ) is a Kemalist and social-democratic political party in Turkey which currently stands as the main opposition party. It is also the oldest political party ...

(CHP) *Main opposition – Progressive Republican Party (TCF) (from 9 November)

Cabinet

1st government of Turkey The 1st government of Turkey (30 October 1923 – 6 March 1924) was the first government formed in the Republic of Turkey. In reality, there were other governments between 23 April 1920 and 29 October 1923, but the republic was proclaimed on 29 O ...

(up to 6 March) * 2nd government of Turkey (6 March – 21 November) *

3rd government of Turkey The 3rd government of Turkey (22 November 1924 – 3 March 1925) was the third government in the history of the Turkish Republic. It is also known as ''Fethi Okyar's government''. Background The prime minister was Fethi Okyar of the Republi ...

(from 21 November)

Events

*31 January – Treaty of Lausanne was approved by the Italian parliament *29 February – Last public appearance of the caliph Abdülmecit II *3 March – ** The Ottoman Caliphate was abolished ** The Ministry of Sharia and the Foundations was abolished; the Directorate of Religious Affairs and the Directorate General of Foundations were established ** Unification and secularization of the education system ** Depolitization of the army *6 March – İsmet İnönü formed a new cabinet, because the ministries of General staff and the religion (şerriye) had been abolished on the 3rd of March *8 March – Religious courts abolished *15 April – Treaty of Lausanne signed by the British King *17 April – Treaty of Lausanne approved by the Japanese parliament *24 April – New constitution *25 August – Turkey–League of Nations agreement on the Mosul issue *26 August –

İşbank İşbank, officially Türkiye İş Bankası, is a commercial bank in Turkey. It was the largest private bank in the country by the size of total assets, total loans, total deposits and equity, as well as by the number of branches and employees a ...

was founded *13 September – Pasinler earthquake *26 October – An internal political crisis named “Crisis of the commanders” because some high-ranking military personnel refused to give up their seats in the parliament (see 3 March) *9 November – Progressive Republican Party (TCF) was founded *21 November – After İsmet İnönü’s resignation Fethi Okyar formed the new cabinet *8 December –

was elected as the president of TCF

Births

*27 January –

Rauf Denktaş Rauf Raif Denktaş (27 January 1924 – 13 January 2012) was a Turkish Cypriot politician, barrister and jurist who served as the founding president of Northern Cyprus. He occupied this position as the president of the Turkish Republic of Nor ...

, Leaders of Cypriot Turks *22 March – Osman F. Seden, film director *27 March –

Bülent Oran Bülent Oran (27 March 1924 – 23 September 2004) was a Turkish screenwriter and actor. He wrote for nearly 250 films between 1952 and 1988. He wrote for the film '' The Broken Pots'', which was entered into the 11th Berlin International Fi ...

, actor *28 September –

Lale Oraloğlu Lale Oraloğlu (15 August 1924 – 15 January 2007) was a Turkish actress and screenwriter. She appeared in 28 films and television shows between 1952 and 2006. She starred in the film '' The Broken Pots'', which was entered at the 11th Berl ...

, theatre actress *29 September –

Şükrü Elekdağ Mustafa Şükrü Elekdağ (; born 29 September 1924) is a Turkish diplomat, academician, and politician. He graduated from Galatasaray High School and received his undergraduate from Istanbul Higher Education School of Economics and Commerce, w ...

, diplomat, politician *1 November – Süleyman Demirel, prime minister ( 30th, 31st, 32nd, 39th, 41st, 43rd and 49th government of Turkey) *15 December –

Ruhi Sarıalp Ruhi Sarıalp (December 15, 1924 – March 3, 2001) was a Turkish track and field athlete, who competed mainly in the triple jump. He was born in Manisa. Background He competed for Turkey in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Brit ...

, triple jump athlete *22 December – Sevim Tekeli, academic and historian

Deaths

*31 May – Fikriye (born in 1887), Atatürk’s relative and girlfriend *25 October –

Ziya Gökalp Mehmet Ziya Gökalp (23 March 1876 – 25 October 1924) was a Turkish sociologist, writer, poet, and politician. After the 1908 Young Turk Revolution that reinstated constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire, he adopted the pen name Gökalp ("ce ...

(born in 1876), sociologist, writer *5 November –

Fatma Pesend Hanım ota, فاطمہ پسند خانم , house = Achba (by birth) Ottoman (by marriage) , father = Ahmed Sami Bey Achba , mother = Fatıma Ismailevna Mamleeva , birth_name = Fatma Kadriye Hanim Achba , birth_date = 13 Febr ...

(born in 1876), a wife of Ottoman sultan

Abdülhamit II Abdülhamid or Abdul Hamid II ( ota, عبد الحميد ثانی, Abd ül-Hamid-i Sani; tr, II. Abdülhamid; 21 September 1842 10 February 1918) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 31 August 1876 to 27 April 1909, and the last sultan to ...

Gallery

File:Ataturk in 1923.jpg, Kemal Atatürk File:Ismet Inonu portrait.jpg, İsmet İnönü File:Ali Fethi Okyar.jpg, Fethi Okyar File:KazimKarabekirPasha.jpg, Kâzım Karabekir File:Portrait Caliph Abdulmecid II.jpg, Abdülmecit II File:Rauf Denktash.jpg, Rauf Denktaş File:Suleyman Demirel 1998.jpg, Süleyman Demirel File:Fikriye Hanım.jpg, Fikriye File: Ziya Bey Gökalp.jpg, Ziya Gökalp

References

{{Year in Asia, 1924 Years of the 20th century in Turkey

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