1936 in Turkey

Events in the year 1936 in Turkey.

Parliament

 * 5th 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

 * 8th government of Turkey

Events

 * 6 May: First Conservatoire was founded
 * 29 May: Turkish flag was legally defined
 * 20 July: Montreux Convention signed.
 * 8 September: Radio Broadcasting was nationalized

Births

 * 25 January – Onat Kutlar, writer (died 1995)
 * 31 January – Can Bartu, footballer (died 2019)
 * 1 February – Tuncel Kurtiz, actor (died 2013)
 * 2 February – Metin Oktay, footballer (died 1991)
 * 15 March – Göksel Arsoy, actor
 * 22 March – Erol Büyükburç, singer (died 2015)
 * 15 April – Aydın Doğan, business man, newspaper owner
 * 18 May – Türker İnanoğlu, film producer
 * 28 June – Belgin Doruk, actress (died 1995)
 * 8 August – Çolpan İlhan, actress (died 2014)
 * 24 September, İnal Batu, diplomat, politician (died 2013)
 * 27 September – Şeref Has, footballer (died 2019)
 * 21 October – Suna Kan, violinist (died 2023)
 * 8 November – Yılmaz Büyükerşen, academic, mayor of Eskişehir

Death

 * 13 July – Fatma Aliye Topuz (born in 1862), one of the earliest female novelists
 * 26 October – Şükrü Naili Gökberk (born in 1876), retired general
 * 27 December – Mehmet Akif Ersoy (born in 1873), poet of the national anthem