1923 in Turkey
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Parliament
Incumbents
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, President, 29 October 1923 â 10 November 1938
- Ä°smet Ä°nönü, Prime Minister, 1 November 1923 â 22 November 1924
Events
July
- The Turkish War of Independence was settled with the Treaty of Lausanne, signed on 24 July[1]
- Turkish Republic was proclaimed on 29 October, abolishing the Ottoman sultanate
- Letter from Agha Khan III to İsmet İnönü about the future of the Caliphate was sent on 24 November
Deaths
- 15 January â Zübeyde Hanım, 66, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's mother.
Births
- Refik Arslan, founder of Refik Restaurant (died 2011).