The 3rd Grand National Assembly of Turkey existed from 2 September 1927 to 4 May 1931. There were 367 MPs in the parliament all of which were the members of the

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(CHP). But later 15 of them issued from CHP to serve in the Liberal Republican Party (SCF)

Main parliamentary milestones

Some of the important events in the history of the parliament are the following:Türkiye'nin 75 Yılı; Tempo Yayıncılık, İstanbul *1 November - Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk) was elected as the

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for the second time. *3 November -

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 ...

of CHP formed the

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. *10 April 1928 -

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to secularize the state. *1 November 1928 – ''Law 1348'' :

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instead of the traditional Arabic alphabet. *1 January 1929 –

Nation's schools Nation’s school ( tr, Millet mektebi) was the name of a campaign of series of courses offered to adults to learn the Latin alphabet in Turkey in 1929–1932. Background The Ottoman Empire, like many Islamic countries, used the Arabic alphabet, e ...

Project, a temporary project to train adults in Latin Alphahabet. (''See''

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) *3 April 1930 – ''Law 1580'' : Turkish women achieved voting rights in local elections. (''see''

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) *12 August 1930 - Liberal Republican Party (SCF) was founded by the ex prime minister (1924)

Fethi Okyar Ali Fethi Okyar (29 April 1880 – 7 May 1943) was a Turkish diplomat and politician, who also served as a military officer and diplomat during the last decade of the Ottoman Empire. He was also the second Prime Minister of Turkey (1924–1925) a ...

. (Atatürk's sister was one of the members) *27 September 1930 – İsmet İnönü formed the

6th government of Turkey The 6th government of Turkey (27 September 1930 – 5 May 1931) was a short lived government in the history of Turkey. It is also called the ''fifth İnönü government''. Background After the formation of an opposition party in the parliament ...

*17 November – SCF dissolved itself *26 March 1931 – ''Law 1782'' : International measurements were adopted instead of the traditional ones. *25 April 1931 - General elections (first stage) * 4 May 1931 – Elections (second stage)

References

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