1929 in Turkey
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Parliament
Incumbents
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party â Republican People's Party (CHP)
Cabinet
Events
- 21 January â Great fire in Istanbul
- 24 March â Bankruptcy law
- 16 April: Women are given the right to vote in municipal elections.
- 23 April â To commemorate the opening of the Turkish parliament was established as the Children's Day.
- 1 July â First intercity telephone line between Ankara and Ä°stanbul
- 11 October â The maintenance of the Turkish battleship Yavuz was completed
- 25 October â First international air mail (Between Ä°stanbul and Berlin)
Births
- 7 February â Aysel Gürel, lyricist
- 13 February â Kenan Erim, archaeologist
- 18 February â Ertem EÄilmez, film director and producer
- 1 March â Nida Tüfekçi, musician
- 3 March â Mithat Bayrak, wrestler
- 29 April â Ferit Tüzün, composer
- 5 May â Ayhan IÅık, actor
- 7 June â Basri Dirimlili, footballer
- 11 June â Ayhan Åahenk, business man
- 24 July â Gülriz Sururi, theatre actress
- 9 August â Abdi Ä°pekçi, journalist
- 15 September â Mümtaz Soysal, academic, lawyer and politician
- 10 October â Ayten Alpman, singer
- 13 October â Adalet AÄaoÄlu, novelist
- 30 November â DoÄan Babacan, referee
Deaths
- 1 January â Mustafa Necati (born in 1894), minister of education and the founder of Public schools for the new alphabet (Nation's schools)
- 15 September â Fehime Sultan (born 1875), Ottoman princess
Gallery
Kemal Atatürk
İsmet İnönü
Mustafa Necati
Fehime Sultan
