1924 in Turkey

← 1923 1922 1921 1924 in Turkey → 1925 1926 1927
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1924 in Turkey.

Parliament

• 2nd Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President – Kemal Atatürk
• Prime Minister

İsmet İnönü (up to 21 November)

Fethi Okyar (from 21 November)

• Leader of the opposition – Kâzım Karabekir (from 8 December)

Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP)
• Main opposition – Progressive Republican Party (TCF) (from 9 November)

Cabinet

• 1st government of Turkey (up to 6 March)
• 2nd government of Turkey (6 March – 21 November)
• 3rd government of Turkey (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 3 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 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 – Kâzım Karabekir was elected as the president of TCF

Births

• 27 January – Rauf Denktaş, Leaders of Cypriot Turks
• 22 March – Osman F. Seden, film director
• 27 March – Bülent Oran, actor
• 28 September – Lale Oraloğlu, theatre actress
• 29 September – Şükrü Elekdağ, diplomat, politician
• 1 November – Süleyman Demirel, prime minister (30th, 31st, 32nd, 39th, 41st, 43rd and 49th government of Turkey)
• 15 December – Ruhi Sarıalp, 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 (born in 1876), sociologist, writer
• 5 November – Fatma Pesend Hanım (born in 1876), a wife of Ottoman sultan Abdülhamit II

Gallery

• 
  Kemal Atatürk
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  İsmet İnönü
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  Fethi Okyar
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  Kâzım Karabekir
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  Abdülmecit II
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  Rauf Denktaş
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  Süleyman Demirel
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  Fikriye
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  Ziya Gökalp

See also

• Turkey at the 1924 Summer Olympics