Events in the year 1937 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 65–68

Parliament

5th Parliament of Turkey The 5th Grand National Assembly of Turkey existed from 8 February 1935 to 3 April 1939. There were 444 MPs in the parliament all of which were the members of the Republican People's Party (CHP). 5th parliament was the first Turkish parliament in w ...

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 ...

–

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 ...

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 20 September) ::

Celal Bayar Celal is both a masculine Turkish given name and a surname. It is the Turkish form of the Arabic word Jalal (جلال), which means "majesty". Notable people with the name include: Given name * Celal Al (born 1984), Turkish actor * Celal Esat Arsev ...

(from 20 September ''acting'', from 1 November ''de jure'')

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

8th government of Turkey The 8th government of Turkey (1 March 1935 – 1 November 1937) was a government in the history of Turkey. It is also called the ''seventh İnönü government''. Background After the 1935 Turkish general election, elections held on 8 February 19 ...

(up to 1 November) *

9th government of Turkey The 9th government of Turkey (1 November 1937 – 11 November 1938) was a government in the history of Turkey. It is also called ''first Bayar government''. Background The government was formed after İsmet İnönü, the previous prime minister ...

(from 1 November)

Events

*5 January: Amendment in constitution;

Six Arrows The Six Arrows (Turkish: ''Altı Ok'') is the symbol and flag of the Turkish Republican People's Party (CHP). The arrows represent the fundamental pillars of Kemalism, Turkey's founding ideology. These are Republicanism, Populism, Nationalis ...

were implemented *12 May: Kemal Atatürk dedicated his farms to the treasury *17 May:

Divriği Divriği (formerly Tephrike, Greek: Τεφρική) is a small town and district of Sivas Province of Turkey. The town lies on gentle slope on the south bank of the Çaltısuyu river, a tributary of the Karasu river. The Great Mosque and Hospita ...

iron ore, the largest in Turkey was spotted *29 May:

Hatay Hatay Province ( tr, Hatay ili, ) is the southernmost province of Turkey. It is situated almost entirely outside Anatolia, along the eastern coast of the Levantine Sea. The province borders Syria to its south and east, the Turkish province of ...

agreement with France *9 July:

Saadabad Pact The Treaty of Saadabad (or the Saadabad Pact) was a non-aggression pact signed by Turkey, Pahlavi dynasty, Iran, Kingdom of Iraq, Iraq and Kingdom of Afghanistan, Afghanistan on July 8, 1937, and lasted for five years. The treaty was signed in Teh ...

reached with

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

, and

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

. *14 September:

Nyon agreement The Nyon Conference was a diplomatic conference held in Nyon, Switzerland, in September 1937 to address attacks on international shipping in the Mediterranean Sea during the Spanish Civil War. The conference was convened in part because Italy ...

*25 October: Prime minister İsmet İnönü resigned. Celal Bayar was appointed as the new prime minister. *1 November: New government

Births

*1 January –

Şenol Birol Şenol Birol (1936 – 3 March 2022) was a Turkish footballer who played as a forward, notably for Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe. Career Born in Rize, Birol started his professional career with Sarıyer S.K. and then transferred to Beşikta� ...

, footballer *20 January –

Özkan Sümer Özkan Sümer (20 November 194022 December 2020) was a Turkish footballer and coach. He played as defender in Trabzonspor (and later coached the same club), Galatasaray SK, and the Turkey national football team. He also served as president of Tra ...

, footballer, coach *1 April –

Yılmaz Güney Yılmaz Güney (' Pütün; 1 April 1937 – 9 September 1984) was a Kurdish film director, screenwriter, novelist, and actor. He quickly rose to prominence in the Turkish film industry. Many of his works were devoted to the plight of ordinary wor ...

, actor *20 April – Yılmaz Onay, author *1 May –

Üner Tan Uner Tan (''Turkish'': Üner Tan) (May 1, 1937 – February 6, 2022) was a Turkish neuroscientist and evolutionary biologist. He is best known for his discovery and study of the human quadrupedal condition he named the Uner Tan syndrome. He taught ...

, MD, biologist *14 November –

Önder Sav Önder Sav (born December 1937 in Manyas, Balıkesir Balıkesir () is a city in Turkey and is the capital city of Balıkesir Province. Balıkesir is located in the Marmara region of Turkey and has a population of 338,936. Between 1341–192 ...

, politician *16 August – Ergun Öztuna, footballer *18 August – Duygun Yersuvat,

Galatasaray S.K. Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...

(sports club) chairman *8 September –

Cüneyt Arkın Fahrettin Cüreklibatır (8 September 1937 – 28 June 2022), better known by his stage name Cüneyt Arkın, was a Turkish film actor, director, producer and martial artist. Having starred in somewhere around 300 movies and TV series, he is wid ...

(Fahrettin Cüreklibakır), actor *29 October –

Ayla Algan Ayla Algan (born 29 October 1937) is a Turkish film/stage actress and singer. Biography Ayla Algan was born in Istanbul and spent her childhood in France where she studied at Lycée Notre Dame de Sion Istanbul and Versailles Lycee. Then she mo ...

, singer *8 December –

Erol Çevikçe Erol Çevikçe, (born 8 December 1937, Istanbul) is a Turkish politician. He serves as a CHP deputy, and a former Minister of Public Works and Transportation. Early life He went to Ela Cevikçe Kılıçaslan Elementary School and Amasya Second ...

, politician

Deaths

*11 January –

Nuri Conker Mehmet Nuri Conker (September 20, 1882 – January 11, 1937) was a Turkish politician and an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army. Mehmet Nuri Conker was the oldest childhood and lifelong friend of Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk). Mehmet N ...

, military officer (Atatürk's friend) *12 April – Abdülhak Hamit Tarhan (born in 1852), writer, diplomat *10 October –

Ahmet Refik Altınay Ahmet Refik Altınay (1881 – 1937) was a Turkish historian, academic, writer and poet, who gave history lectures at Darülfünun after the First World War. Life Altınay attended Vişnezade Primary School, Beşiktaş Military Secondary Schoo ...

(born in 1881), historian *15 November – Seyit Rıza (born in 1863), tribe leader

Gallery

File:Atatürk Diyarbakır gezisinde incelemelerde.jpg, Kemal Atatürk File:Inonu Ismet.jpg, İsmet İnönü File:Mahmut Celâl Bayar.jpg, Celal Bayar File:Yılmaz.onay.portrait.jpg, Yılmaz Onay File:Ayla Algan.JPG, Ayla Algan File:Nuri Bey Conker.jpg, Nuri Conker File:Abdülhak Hâmit Tarhan.jpg, Abdülhak Hamit Tarhan File:AhmetRefik.jpg, Ahmet Refik Altınay File:Seyid Rıza.jpg, Seyit Rıza

References

{{Year in Asia, 1937 Years of the 20th century in Turkey

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