1931 in Turkey

Events in the year 1931 in Turkey.

Parliament

 * 3rd Parliament of Turkey (up to 4 May)
 * 4th Parliament of Turkey (from 4 May)

Incumbents

 * President – Kemal Atatürk
 * Prime Minister – İsmet İnönü

Ruling party and the main opposition

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

Cabinet

 * 6th government of Turkey (up to 5 May)
 * 7th government of Turkey (from 5 May)

Events

 * 26 March – International measurements were legalized
 * 15 April – Turkish Historical Society was founded
 * 4 May – General elections
 * 5 May –
 * Kemal Atatürk was reelected as the president
 * İsmet İnönü formed his new cabinet

Births

 * 4 January – Coşkun Özarı, football coach
 * 27 January – Gazanfer Özcan theatre actor
 * 28 January – Naci Erdem, footballer
 * 5 July – Selahattin Beyazıt, businessman
 * 7 July – Talat Sait Halman, politician and man of letters
 * 10 September – Ece Ayhan, poet
 * 6 December – Zeki Müren, singer

Deaths

 * 3 March – Hasan İzzet Pasha (born in 1871), Ottoman general
 * 31 July – Çürüksulu Mahmud Pasha (born in 1864), Ottoman admiral and politician
 * 15 September – Seniha Sultan (born in 1852), Ottoman princess
 * 5 October – Selma Rıza (Feraceli), first Turkish female journalist
 * 15 October – Veysel Özgür (born in 1877), military officer
 * 23 December – Mehmet Rauf (born in 1875), novelist