Events in the year 1924 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 8–20
Parliament 2nd Parliament of Turkey
Incumbents President – Kemal Atatürk Prime Minister 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 3 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
See also Turkey at the 1924 Summer Olympics
References