1930 in Turkey
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Parliament
Incumbents
- President â Kemal Atatürk
- Prime Minister â Ä°smet Ä°nönü
- Leader of the opposition â Fethi Okyar (12 August â17 November)
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party â Republican People's Party (CHP)
- Main opposition â Liberal Republican Party (SCF) (12 August-12 November)
Cabinet
- 5th government of Turkey (up to 27 September)
- 6th government of Turkey (from 27 September)
Events
- 3 April â Women's suffrage (in local elections) was legalized
- 7 May â The 7.1 Mw⯠Salmas earthquake shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Up to three-thousand people were killed.
- 10 June â Agreement between Turkey and Greece concerning the population exchange problems in the 1920s.
- 12 August â Liberal Republican Party (SCF) was founded
- 26 September â People Republic Party, a second opposition party was founded
- 27 September â New government
- 17 November â SCF dissolved itself
- 23 December â Menemen Incident in which a group of reactionaries who opposed Atatürk's reforms killed Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay a young lieutenant.
Births
- 26 February â Orhan Karaveli, journalist and writer
- 2 March â NeÅe Aybey, miniaturist
- 23 April â Åarık Tara, civil engineer and contractor
- 22 May â Mete Avni Sözen, structural engineer
- 17 June â Adile NaÅit, theatre player
- 1 September â Turgut Ãzakman, writer
- 23 September â Ãelik Gülersoy, lawyer and historical preservationist
- 9 October â Rahmi Koç, industrialist
- 30 December â Dündar Ali Osman, 45th Head of the House of Osman (in Syria)
Deaths
- 26 February â Ahmet Rıza (born in 1858), politician
- 30 March â Hodja Ali Rıza (born in 1858), painter
- 8 August â Alaaddin Koval (born in 1878), general
- 23 December â Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay (born in 1906), lieutenant (lynched)
Gallery
Kemal Atatürk
İsmet İnönü
Fethi Okyar
Orhan Karaveli
Alaaddin Koval
Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay
