1926 in Turkey
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Parliament
Incumbents
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party â Republican People's Party (CHP)
Cabinet
Events
- 1 January âTurkey began using international calendar and timing instead of the traditional one
- 17 February â Civil code
- 1 March â Modern criminal code
- 18 March â A magnitude 6.9 earthquake, with a maximum intensity of VIII (Severe), occurs in the Mediterranean Sea southwest of KaÅ in the Antalya Province. Some people are killed.[2]
- 11 April â Partial mobilization as a precaution after a speech of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini
- 19 April â Modern Cabotage law
- 22 April â Modern Obligations code
- 29 May â Modern Commercial code
- 5 June â Treaty concerning the future of Mosul (Which was a part of Turkey at the end of World War I but annexed by the United Kingdom during the armistice day following the war.)
- 12 June - A travelling exhibition departed from Istanbul on SS Karadeniz,
- 15 June â A plot to assassinate Mustafa Kemal was uncovered in Ä°zmir
- 20 June â Crisis between the prime minister Ä°smet Ä°nönü and the special court about the court's right to arrest of Kazım Karabekir who was an MP. (Mustafa Kemal mediated and the crisis ended on the 5th of July)
- 2 August â The French S.S. Lotus collided with the Turkish S.S. Bozkurt.
- 5 September - SS Karadeniz returned home after visiting 15 ports in 12 European countries in 86 days and 22 hours,
- 6 October â First airplane factory in Kayseri
- 12 October â Lotus issue was brought to international courts (see 2 August)
- 22 October â The 6.0 Ms⯠Kars earthquake occurs with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shock was close to the border and affected both Turkey and Armenia, leaving 360 people dead
Births
- 15 February â DoÄan GüreÅ, chief of staff
- 28 February â Erol TaÅ, actor
- 6 June â Erdal Ä°nönü, physics professor, politician
- 22 August â Ãmit YaÅar OÄuzcan, poet
- 5 September â Süleyman Seba longest presiding Chairman of BeÅiktaÅ J.K. sports club
- 29 October â Necmettin Erbakan, prime minister (54th government of Turkey)
Deaths
- 12 July â Ziya HurÅit (born in 1892), politician
- 13 July â RüÅtü Pasha (born in 1872), retired general and politician
- 26 August â Mehmet Cavit Bey (born in 1875), politician, economist
- 26 August â Nazım Bey (born in 1870), MD and politician
Gallery
Kemal Atatürk
İsmet İnönü
Kazım Karabekir
Erol TaÅ
Necmettin Erbakan
Ziya HurÅit
RüÅtü Pasha
Nazım Bey
