1925 in Turkey
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Parliament
Incumbents
- Fethi Okyar (up to 3 March)
- İsmet İnönü (from 3 March)
- Leader of the opposition â Kazım Karabekir (up to 5 June)
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party â Republican People's Party (CHP)
- Main opposition â Progressive Republican Party (TCF) (up to 3 June)
Cabinet
- 3rd government of Turkey (up to 3 March)
- 4th government of Turkey (from 3 March)
Events
- 1 January âTurkey gained the right of duty tax (according to the treaty of Lausanne)
- 11 February â Beginning of Sheikh Said rebellion
- 17 February â Tax of Ashar ended. An important reform in the daily lives of the villagers
- 24 February â The rebels captured ElazıÄ
- 26 February â End of the Regie Company. An important step in the economics
- 3 March â Fetkhi Okyarâs cabinet which was ineffective against the rebellion was replaced by İsmet İnönü's new cabinet
- 4 March â Independence Tribunals
- 8 March â Rebels were defeated around Diyarbakır
- 12 April â Sheikh Said was arrested
- 1 May â Earthquake in Adana
- 3 June â Independence Tribunal closed the Progressive Republican Party
- 5 August â Atatürk and Latife Hanım (Latife UÅakizade) were divorced
- 25 August â In Kastamonu Atatürk made a speech on traditional costume and expressed his preference for western style hat
- 4 September â First ball in which Muslim women attended
- 25 November â The Hat reform
- 30 November â Tekkes, traditional institutions were closed
Births
- 11 March â İlhan Selçuk, journalist
- 5 April â Sadri AlıÅık, actor
- 28 May â Bülent Ecevit, journalist, prime minister (37th, 40th, 42nd, 56th, and 57th government of Turkey)
- 1 June â İdris Küçükömer, academic and philosopher
- 15 June â Atilla İlhan, poet
- 6 July â Gazi YaÅargil, MD ( neurosurgeon)
- 15 August â Münir Ãzkul, theatre actor
- 28 September â Ali Bozer, lawyer, politician
- 9 December â Atıf Yılmaz, film director
- 22 December â Lefter Küçükandonyadis, footballer (of Greek origin)
Deaths
- 14 February â Halit Pasha (born in 1883), general, politician (killed)
- 12 March â Hüseyin Ferit Törümküney (born in 1878), bureaucrat, politician
- 29 June â Åeyh Said (born in 1865), rebel leader (executed)
- 18 December â Süleyman Sırrı Aral (born in 1874), engineer, politician
