1929 in Turkey

Events in the year 1929 in Turkey.

Parliament

 * 3rd Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

 * President – Kemal Atatürk
 * Prime Minister – İsmet İnönü

Ruling party and the main opposition

 * Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP)

Cabinet

 * 5th government of Turkey

Events

 * 21 January – Great fire in Istanbul
 * 24 March – Bankruptcy law
 * 16 April: Women are given the right to vote in municipal elections.
 * 23 April – To commemorate the opening of the Turkish parliament was established as the Children's Day.
 * 1 July – First intercity telephone line between Ankara and İstanbul
 * 11 October – The maintenance of the Turkish battleship Yavuz was completed
 * 25 October – First international air mail (Between İstanbul and Berlin)

Births

 * 7 February – Aysel Gürel, lyricist
 * 13 February – Kenan Erim, archaeologist
 * 18 February – Ertem Eğilmez, film director and producer
 * 1 March – Nida Tüfekçi, musician
 * 3 March – Mithat Bayrak, wrestler
 * 29 April – Ferit Tüzün, composer
 * 5 May – Ayhan Işık, actor
 * 7 June – Basri Dirimlili, footballer
 * 11 June – Ayhan Şahenk, business man
 * 24 July – Gülriz Sururi, theatre actress
 * 9 August – Abdi İpekçi, journalist
 * 15 September – Mümtaz Soysal, academic, lawyer and politician
 * 10 October – Ayten Alpman, singer
 * 13 October – Adalet Ağaoğlu, novelist
 * 30 November – Doğan Babacan, referee

Deaths

 * 1 January – Mustafa Necati (born in 1894), minister of education and the founder of Public schools for the new alphabet (Nation's schools)
 * 15 September – Fehime Sultan (born 1875), Ottoman princess