1924 in Turkey
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Parliament
Incumbents
- İsmet İnönü (up to 21 November)
- Fethi Okyar (from 21 November)
- Leader of the opposition â Kâzım Karabekir (from 8 December)
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party â Republican People's Party (CHP)
- Main opposition â Progressive Republican Party (TCF) (from 9 November)
Cabinet
- 1st government of Turkey (up to 6 March)
- 2nd government of Turkey (6 March â 21 November)
- 3rd government of Turkey (from 21 November)
Events
- 31 January â Treaty of Lausanne was approved by the Italian parliament
- 29 February â Last public appearance of the caliph Abdülmecit II
- 3 March â
- 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 â Ä°smet Ä°nönü formed a new cabinet, because the ministries of General staff and the religion (Åerriye) had been abolished on 3 March
- 8 March â Religious courts abolished
- 15 April â Treaty of Lausanne signed by the British King
- 17 April â Treaty of Lausanne approved by the Japanese parliament
- 24 April â New constitution
- 25 August â TurkeyâLeague of Nations agreement on the Mosul issue
- 26 August â Ä°Åbank was founded
- 13 September â Pasinler earthquake
- 26 October â An internal political crisis named âCrisis of the commandersâ because some high-ranking military personnel refused to give up their seats in the parliament (see 3 March)
- 9 November â Progressive Republican Party (TCF) was founded
- 21 November â After Ä°smet Ä°nönüâs resignation Fethi Okyar formed the new cabinet
- 8 December â Kâzım Karabekir was elected as the president of TCF
Births
- 27 January â Rauf DenktaÅ, Leaders of Cypriot Turks
- 22 March â Osman F. Seden, film director
- 27 March â Bülent Oran, actor
- 28 September â Lale OraloÄlu, theatre actress
- 29 September â Åükrü ElekdaÄ, diplomat, politician
- 1 November â Süleyman Demirel, prime minister (30th, 31st, 32nd, 39th, 41st, 43rd and 49th government of Turkey)
- 15 December â Ruhi Sarıalp, triple jump athlete
- 22 December â Sevim Tekeli, academic and historian
Deaths
- 31 May â Fikriye (born in 1887), Atatürkâs relative and girlfriend
- 25 October â Ziya Gökalp (born in 1876), sociologist, writer
- 5 November â Fatma Pesend Hanım (born in 1876), a wife of Ottoman sultan Abdülhamit II
Gallery
Kemal Atatürk
İsmet İnönü
Fethi Okyar
Kâzım Karabekir
Abdülmecit II
Rauf DenktaÅ
Süleyman Demirel
Fikriye
Ziya Gökalp
