Events in the year 1924 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 8–20

Parliament

2nd Parliament of Turkey The 2nd Grand National Assembly of Turkey existed from 29 October 1923 to 1 September 1927. Actually the parliament members were elected on 11 August 1923, before the Turkey, Republic was proclaimed on 29 October. There were 333 MPs in the parlia ...

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: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

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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 Turkish name ;Places * Kemalpaşa, İzmir Province, Turkey * Mustafakemalpaşa, Bursa Province, Turkey ;See also *"Kema ...

Prime Minister A prime minister 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. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

İsmet İnönü Mustafa İsmet İnönü (24 September 1884 – 25 December 1973) was a Turkish politician and military officer who served as the second List of Presidents of Turkey, president of Turkey from 1938 to 1950, and as its Prime Minister of Turkey, pr ...

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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 ...

(from 21 November) *

Leader of the opposition The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the Opposition (parliamentary), largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the ...

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Kâzım Karabekir Musa Kâzım Karabekir (also Kazim or Kiazim in English; 1882 – 26 January 1948) was a Turkish people, Turkish general and politician. He was the commander of the Eastern Front (Turkey), Eastern Army of the Ottoman Empire during the Turkish Wa ...

(from 8 December)

Ruling party and the main opposition

* Ruling party –

Republican People's Party The Republican People's Party (RPP; , CHP ) is a Kemalism, Kemalist and Social democracy, social democratic political party in Turkey. It is the oldest List of political parties in Turkey, political party in Turkey, founded by Mustafa Kemal ...

(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 The Treaty of Lausanne (, ) is a peace treaty negotiated during the Lausanne Conference of 1922–1923 and signed in the Palais de Rumine in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 24 July 1923. The treaty officially resolved the conflict that had initially ...

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 Directorate may refer to: Contemporary *Directorates of the Scottish Government * Directorate-General, a type of specialised administrative body in the European Union * Directorate-General for External Security, the French external intelligence ag ...

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 İşbank, officially Türkiye İş Bankası, is a commercial bank in Turkey. Founded by the orders of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1924, it is the first bank to go into operation in the Turkey, Republic of Türkiye. As of a late 2023 report, the b ...

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 –

was elected as the president of TCF

Births

*27 January –

Rauf Denktaş Rauf Raif Denktaş (27 January 1924 – 13 January 2012) was a Turkish Cypriot politician, barrister and jurist who served as the founding president of Northern Cyprus. He occupied this position as the president of the Turkish Republic of Nort ...

, Leaders of Cypriot Turks *22 March – Osman F. Seden, film director *27 March –

Bülent Oran Bülent Oran (27 March 1924 – 23 September 2004) was a Turkish screenwriter and actor. He wrote for nearly 250 films between 1952 and 1988. He wrote for the film '' The Broken Pots'', which was entered into the 11th Berlin International Fi ...

, actor *28 September –

Lale Oraloğlu Lale Oraloğlu (15 August 1924 – 15 January 2007) was a Turkish television and film actress and screenwriter. She appeared in 28 films and TV shows between 1952 and 2006. She starred in the film ''The Broken Pots'', which was entered into the ...

, theatre actress *29 September –

Şükrü Elekdağ Mustafa Şükrü Elekdağ (; born 29 September 1924) is a Turkish diplomat, academician, and politician. He graduated from Galatasaray High School and received his undergraduate from Istanbul Higher Education School of Economics and Commerce, w ...

, diplomat, politician *1 November –

Süleyman Demirel Sami Süleyman Gündoğdu Demirel (; 1 November 1924 – 17 June 2015) was a Turkish people, Turkish politician, engineer, and statesman who served as the List of Presidents of Turkey, 9th President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000. He previously serv ...

, 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 Fikriye Hanım, posthumously Zeynep Fikriye Özdinçer, (1887 – 31 May 1924) was a Turkish woman. She was a relative of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (she was the daughter of Memduh Hayrettin Bey (in several sources his name is mentioned differently, ...

(born in 1887), Atatürk’s relative and girlfriend *25 October –

Ziya Gökalp Mehmet Ziya Gökalp (born Mehmed Ziya, 23 March 1876 – 25 October 1924) was a Turkish sociologist, writer, poet, and politician. After the 1908 Young Turk Revolution that reinstated constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire, he adopted the pen ...

(born in 1876), sociologist, writer *5 November – Fatma Pesend Hanım (born in 1876), a wife of Ottoman sultan Abdülhamit II

Gallery

File:Ataturk in 1923.jpg, Kemal Atatürk File:Ismet Inonu portrait.jpg, İsmet İnönü File:Ali Fethi Okyar.jpg, Fethi Okyar File:KazimKarabekirPasha.jpg, Kâzım Karabekir File:Portrait Caliph Abdulmecid II.jpg, Abdülmecit II File:Rauf Denktash.jpg, Rauf Denktaş File:Suleyman Demirel 1998.jpg, Süleyman Demirel File:Fikriye Hanım.jpg, Fikriye File: Ziya Bey Gökalp.jpg, Ziya Gökalp

References

{{Year in Asia, 1924 Years of the 20th century in Turkey

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...