Events in the year 1930 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 48–49
Parliament 3rd Parliament of Turkey
Incumbents President – Kemal Atatürk Prime Minister – İsmet İnönü Leader of the opposition – Fethi Okyar (12 August −17 November)
Ruling party and the main opposition Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP) Main opposition – 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 – Women's suffrage (in local elections) was legalized 7 May – The 7.1 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 – Agreement between Turkey and Greece concerning the population exchange problems in the 1920s. 12 August – Liberal Republican Party (SCF) was founded 26 September – People Republic Party, a second opposition party was founded 27 September – New government 17 November – SCF dissolved itself 23 December – Menemen Incident in which a group of reactionaries who opposed Atatürk's reforms killed Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay a young lieutenant.
Births 26 February – Orhan Karaveli, journalist and writer 2 March – Neşe Aybey, miniaturist 23 April – Şarık Tara, civil engineer and contractor 22 May – Mete Avni Sözen, structural engineer 17 June – Adile Naşit, theatre player 1 September – Turgut Özakman, writer 23 September – Çelik Gülersoy, lawyer and historical preservationist 9 October – Rahmi Koç, industrialist 30 December – Dündar Ali Osman, 45th Head of the House of Osman (in Syria)
Deaths 26 February – Ahmet Rıza (born in 1858), politician 30 March – Hodja Ali Rıza (born in 1858), painter 8 August – Alaaddin Koval (born in 1878), general 23 December – Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay (born in 1906), lieutenant (lynched)
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