1924 in Turkey

Events in the year 1924 in Turkey.

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