1925 in Turkey

Events in the year 1925 in Turkey.

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