1929 in Turkey

Events in the year 1929 in Turkey.

← 1928 1927 1926 1929 in Turkey → 1930 1931 1932
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	List of years 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

Gallery

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  Kemal Atatürk
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  İsmet İnönü
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  Mustafa Necati
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  Fehime Sultan