Events in the year 1926 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 30–36

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 ...

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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 ...

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)

Cabinet

* 4th government of Turkey

Events

*1 January –Turkey began using international calendar and timing instead of the traditional one *17 February –

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*1 March – Modern

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*18 March – A magnitude 6.9 earthquake, with a maximum intensity of VIII (''Severe''), occurs in the

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southwest of

Kaş Kaş (; el, Αντίφελλος, translit=Antífellos, translit-std=ISO) is a small fishing, diving, yachting and tourist town, and a district of Antalya Province of Turkey, 168 km west of the city of Antalya. As a tourist resort, it is re ...

in the

Antalya Province Antalya Province ( tr, ) is located on the Mediterranean coast of south-west Turkey, between the Taurus Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea. Antalya Province is the centre of Turkey's tourism industry, attracting 30% of foreign tourists visit ...

. Some people are killed. *11 April – Partial mobilization as a precaution after a speech of Italian dictator

Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (; 29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in 194 ...

*19 April – Modern

Cabotage Cabotage () is the transport of goods or passengers between two places in the same country. It originally applied to shipping along coastal routes, port to port, but now applies to aviation, railways, and road transport as well. Cabotage rights ar ...

law *22 April – Modern Obligations code *29 May – Modern Commercial code *5 June –

Treaty A treaty is a formal, legally binding written agreement between actors in international law. It is usually made by and between sovereign states, but can include international organizations An international organization or international o ...

concerning the future of

Mosul Mosul ( ar, الموصل, al-Mawṣil, ku, مووسڵ, translit=Mûsil, Turkish: ''Musul'', syr, ܡܘܨܠ, Māwṣil) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. The city is considered the second large ...

(Which was a part of Turkey at the end of World War I but annexed by the United Kingdom during the armistice day following the war.) *15 June – A plot to assassinate Mustafa Kemal was uncovered in

İzmir İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglo ...

*20 June – Crisis between the prime minister

and the

special court An extraordinary court, or special court, is a type of court that is established outside of ordinary judiciary, composed of irregularly selected judges or applies irregular procedure for judgment. Since extraordinary court can be abused to infrin ...

about the court's right to arrest of Kazım Karabekir who was an MP. (Mustafa Kemal mediated and the crisis ended on the 5th of July) *2 August – The French S.S. ''Lotus'' collided with the Turkish S.S. ''Bozkurt''. *6 October – First airplane factory in

Kayseri Kayseri (; el, Καισάρεια) is a large Industrialisation, industrialised List of cities in Turkey, city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, and the capital of Kayseri Province, Kayseri province. The Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality area is comp ...

*12 October – ''Lotus'' issue was brought to international courts (see 2 August) *22 October – The 6.0 Kars earthquake occurs with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''). The shock was close to the border and affected both Turkey and Armenia, leaving 360 people dead

Births

*15 February –

Doğan Güreş Doğan Güreş (15 February 1926 – 14 October 2014) was a Turkish general and True Path Party politician. Education After he graduated from Kuleli Military High School in 1945, Güreş kept on studying at the Turkish Military Academy and acc ...

, chief of staff *28 February –

Erol Taş Erol Taş (28 February 1928 – 8 November 1998) was a Turkish film actor. He appeared in 220 films between 1957 and 1998. He starred in the 1964 film '' Susuz Yaz'', which won the Golden Bear at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival. ...

, actor *6 June –

Erdal İnönü Erdal İnönü (6 June 1926 – 31 October 2007) was a Turkish theoretical physicist and politician, who served as the interim Prime Minister of Turkey between 16 May and 25 June 1993. He also served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey from ...

, physics professor, politician *22 August –

Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan (August 22, 1926 – November 4, 1984) was a Turkish poet. Life He was born on 22 August 1926 in Tarsus (Mersin Province). He studied in Konya and Eskişehir. He served as an accountant in the Niğde branch office and then ...

, poet *5 September –

Süleyman Seba Süleyman Seba (; 5 April 1926 – 13 August 2014) was a Turkish football player of Abkhazian origin and was the longest presiding Chairman of the Istanbul based multisports club Beşiktaş J.K. He was also an intelligence officer for National ...

longest presiding Chairman of Beşiktaş J.K. sports club *29 October –

Necmettin Erbakan Necmettin Erbakan (29 October 1926 – 27 February 2011) was a Turkish politician, engineer, and academic who was the Prime Minister of Turkey from 1996 to 1997. He was pressured by the military to step down as prime minister and was later ba ...

, prime minister (

54th government of Turkey The 54th government of Turkey governed Turkey from 28 June 1996 to 30 June 1997. It was a coalition government formed by Welfare Party (RP) and True Path Party (DYP), and was known as ''Refahyol'' (a portmanteau of the Turkish names of the two pa ...

)

Deaths

*12 July –

Ziya Hurşit Ziya Hurşit Bey (1892 – July 14, 1926) was one of the first Grand National Assembly of Turkey deputies. He was executed in 1926 for attempting to assassinate Mustafa Kemal. Ziya Hurşit was born in the town of Çamlıhemşin of Rize Provinc ...

(born in 1892), politician *13 July – Rüştü Pasha (born in 1872), retired general and politician *26 August –

Mehmet Cavit Bey Mehmet Cavit Bey, Mehmed Cavid Bey or Mehmed Djavid Bey ( ota, محمد جاوید بك; 1875 – 26 August 1926) was an Ottoman economist, newspaper editor and leading politician during the dissolution period of the Ottoman Empire. A founding me ...

(born in 1875), politician, economist *26 August – Nazım Bey (born in 1870), MD and politician

Gallery

File:Reisicumhur Mustafa Kemal Cumhuriyet Bayramı kutlamalarında, Ankara, 29 Ekim 1925.png, Kemal Atatürk File:Ismet Inonu portrait.jpg, İsmet İnönü File:Musa Kâzım Karabekir.jpg, Kazım Karabekir File:Erol Taş 1964.jpg, Erol Taş File:Necmettin-Erbakan.jpg, Necmettin Erbakan File:Ziyahursit.jpg, Ziya Hurşit File:Rushdi Pasha.jpg, Rüştü Pasha File:Doktor Nâzim Bey.png, Nazım Bey

References

{{Year in Asia, 1926 Years of the 20th century in Turkey

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