Events in the year 1925 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 21–29
Parliament 2nd Parliament of Turkey
Incumbents President – Kemal Atatürk Prime Minister Fethi Okyar (up to 3 March) İsmet İnönü (from 3 March) Leader of the opposition – Kazım Karabekir (up to 5 June)
Ruling party and the main opposition Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP) Main opposition – Progressive Republican Party (TCF) (up to 3 June)
Cabinet 3rd government of Turkey (up to 3 March) 4th government of Turkey (from 3 March)
Events 1 January –Turkey gained the right of duty tax (according to the treaty of Lausanne) 11 February – Beginning of Sheikh Said rebellion 17 February – Tax of Ashar ended. An important reform in the daily lives of the villagers 24 February – The rebels captured Elazığ 26 February – End of the Regie Company. An important step in the economics 3 March – Fetkhi Okyar’s cabinet which was ineffective against the rebellion was replaced by İsmet İnönü's new cabinet 4 March – Independence Tribunals 8 March – Rebels were defeated around Diyarbakır 12 April – Sheikh Said was arrested 1 May – Earthquake in Adana 3 June – Independence Tribunal closed the Progressive Republican Party 5 August – Atatürk and Latife Hanım (Latife Uşakizade) were divorced 25 August – In Kastamonu Atatürk made a speech on traditional costume and expressed his preference for western style hat 4 September – First ball in which Muslim women attended 25 November – The Hat reform 30 November – Tekkes, traditional institutions were closed
Births 11 March – İlhan Selçuk, journalist 5 April – Sadri Alışık, actor 28 May – Bülent Ecevit, journalist, prime minister (37th, 40th, 42nd, 56th, and 57th government of Turkey) 1 June – İdris Küçükömer, academic and philosopher 15 June – Atilla İlhan, poet 6 July – Gazi Yaşargil, MD ( neurosurgeon) 15 August – Münir Özkul, theatre actor 28 September – Ali Bozer, lawyer, politician 9 December – Atıf Yılmaz, film director 22 December – Lefter Küçükandonyadis, footballer (of Greek origin)
Deaths 14 February – Halit Pasha (born in 1883), general, politician (killed) 12 March – Hüseyin Ferit Törümküney (born in 1878), bureaucrat, politician 29 June – Şeyh Said (born in 1865), rebel leader (executed) 18 December – Süleyman Sırrı Aral (born in 1874), engineer, politician
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