1924 in Turkey
Parliament
    
    
Incumbents
    
- İsmet İnönü (up to 21 November)
- Fethi Okyar (from 21 November)
 
- Leader of the opposition – Kâzım Karabekir (from 8 December)
Ruling party and the main opposition
    
- Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP)
- Main opposition – Progressive Republican Party (TCF) (from 9 November)
Cabinet
    
- 1st government of Turkey (up to 6 March)
- 2nd government of Turkey (6 March – 21 November)
- 3rd government of Turkey (from 21 November)
Events
    
- 31 January – Treaty of Lausanne was approved by the Italian parliament
- 29 February – Last public appearance of the caliph Abdülmecit II
- 3 March – 
- 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 – İsmet İnönü formed a new cabinet, because the ministries of General staff and the religion (şerriye) had been abolished on the 3rd of March
- 8 March – Religious courts abolished
- 15 April – Treaty of Lausanne signed by the British King
- 17 April – Treaty of Lausanne approved by the Japanese parliament
- 24 April – New constitution
- 25 August – Turkey–League of Nations agreement on the Mosul issue
- 26 August – İşbank was founded
- 13 September – Pasinler earthquake
- 26 October – An internal political crisis named “Crisis of the commanders” because some high-ranking military personnel refused to give up their seats in the parliament (see 3 March)
- 9 November – Progressive Republican Party (TCF) was founded
- 21 November – After İsmet İnönü’s resignation Fethi Okyar formed the new cabinet
- 8 December – Kâzım Karabekir was elected as the president of TCF
Births
    
- 27 January – Rauf Denktaş, Leaders of Cypriot Turks
- 22 March – Osman F. Seden, film director
- 27 March – Bülent Oran, actor
- 28 September – Lale Oraloğlu, theatre actress
- 29 September – Şükrü Elekdağ, diplomat, politician
- 1 November – Süleyman Demirel, prime minister (30th, 31st, 32nd, 39th, 41st, 43rd and 49th government of Turkey)
- 15 December – Ruhi Sarıalp, triple jump athlete
- 22 December – Sevim Tekeli, academic and historian
Deaths
    
- 31 May – Fikriye (born in 1887), Atatürk’s relative and girlfriend
- 25 October – Ziya Gökalp (born in 1876), sociologist, writer
- 5 November – Fatma Pesend Hanım (born in 1876), a wife of Ottoman sultan Abdülhamit II
Gallery
    
 Kemal Atatürk Kemal Atatürk
 İsmet İnönü İsmet İnönü
 Fethi Okyar Fethi Okyar
 Kâzım Karabekir Kâzım Karabekir
 Abdülmecit II Abdülmecit II
 Rauf Denktaş Rauf Denktaş
 Süleyman Demirel Süleyman Demirel
 Fikriye Fikriye
 Ziya Gökalp Ziya Gökalp
See also
    
    
References
    
- Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 8–20
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