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

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(CHP). 5th parliament was the first Turkish parliament in which women deputies were elected (18 in total).

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 March 1935 –

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish field marshal and revolutionary statesman who was the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first President of Turkey, president from 1923 until Death an ...

was elected as the

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for the 4th time. *1 March 1935 –

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 ...

of CHP formed the

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*27 May 1935 – ''Law 2739'' : The official holidays and vacations were established. Sunday became the rest day (instead of Friday). *31 July 1936 - ''Law 3056'' :

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(20 July) approved by the parliament *25 October 1937 –

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 Adan (b ...

of CHP formed the

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*10 November 1938 – President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk died. *11 November 1938 – İsmet İnönü was elected as the second

. *11 November 1938 – Celal Bayar formed the

10th government of Turkey The 10th government of Turkey (11 November 1938 – 25 January 1939) was a short-term government in the history of Turkey. It is also called ''Second Bayar government''. Background Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the president and the founder of modern ...

*25 January 1939 –

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*26 March 1939 –

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Main parliamentary milestones

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