Events in the year 1934 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 57–59

Parliament

Incumbents

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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 also ...

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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

7th government of Turkey The 7th government of Turkey (5 May 1931 – 1 March 1935) was a government in the history of Turkey. It is also called the ''sixth İnönü government''. Background Following the elections held on 4 May 1931, the former cabinet led by İsmet � ...

Events

*9 February –

Balkan Pact The Balkan Pact, or Balkan Entente, was a treaty signed by Greece, Romania, Turkey and Yugoslavia on 9 February 1934

*4 March – Ankara Radio began broadcasting *14 June – Resettlement Law *21 June –

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*24 November – Atatürk surname for

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*5 December – Women's suffrage (general and local elections)

Births

*5 March –

Halit Refiğ Halit Refiğ (5 March 1934 – 11 October 2009) was a Turkish film director, film producer, screenwriter and writer. He made around sixty films, including feature films, documentaries and TV serials. He is considered to be the pioneer of the N ...

, movie director *23 April –

Fikret Hakan Fikret Hakan (born Bumin Gaffar Çitanak; 23 April 1934 – 11 July 2017) was a prolific Turkish film actor and a recipient of the honorary State Artist, a title awarded by the Turkish government. Hakan was born as Bumin Gaffar Çitanak in 1934 to ...

, actor *30 March –

Mahmut Atalay Mahmut Atalay (30 March 1934 – 4 December 2004) was a Turkish freestyle wrestler and coach. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1968, placing fourth in 1964. Early life and wrestling career He was born in 1934 in ...

, wrestler *2 August –

Oktay Sinanoğlu Oktay Sinanoğlu (February 25, 1935 – April 19, 2015) was an internationally renowned Turkish physical chemist and molecular biophysicist. Private life Sinanoğlu was born in Bari, Italy on February 25, 1935 to Nüzhet Haşim and Rüveyde (K ...

, academic, chemist *10 August – Tevfik Kış, wrestler *21 August –

İzzet Günay İzzet Günay (born 21 August 1934) is Turkish film and stage actor. He is one of the most experienced and well-known Turkish actors with appearances in more than 100 films across six decades. Biography Günay studied at Haydarpaşa High School ...

, actor *20 September –

Hamit Kaplan Hamit Kaplan (20 September 1934 – 5 January 1976) was a Turkish World and Olympic champion sports wrestler of Circassian descent in the Heavyweight class. He won the gold, silver and bronze medal in men's ...

, wrestler

Deaths

*5 March –

Reşit Galip Reşit Galip, also known as Mustafa Reşit Baymur (1893 – 5 March 1934) was a Turkish people, Turkish politician in the early years of the Turkish Republic. By profession, he was a medical doctor. Early years He was born in the Sanjak of Rhod ...

, MD, politician *15 April –

Kemalettin Sami Kamal ad-Din ( ar, كمال‌ الدين, ''Kamāl ad-Dīn'') is a male Muslim given name or surname (''laqab'' in Arabic), meaning "perfection of the religion" in Arabic. The name is formed from the elements '' kamāl'' (), ''al-'' (), and '' d� ...

(born in 1884), retired general *29 June –

Zaro Aga Zaro Aga ( tr, Zaro Ağa, ku, زارۆ ئاغا) was a Turkish-Kurd who claimed to be one of the longest-living persons ever. He claimed his birth on 16 February 1764, and died on 29 June 1934 in Istanbul, Turkey. He was allegedly aged 170 whe ...

(born in 1777), allegedly the World's oldest man

Gallery

File:Atatürk şapkasıyla selam verirken.jpg, Kemal Atatürk File:PM Ismet Inonu.jpg, İsmet İnönü File:Reşit Galip Bey.jpg, Reşit Galip File:Kemaledddin Sami.jpg, Kemalettin Sami File:Zaro Agha. (ca. 1923-1939).jpg, Zaro Ağa

References

{{Year in Asia, 1934 Years of the 20th century in Turkey

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