1925 in Turkey
# 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

## Gallery

* Kemal Atatürk
* Fethi Okyar
* İsmet İnönü
* Kazım Karabekir
* Latife Hanım
* Halit Pasha
* İlhan Selçuk (statue)
* Bülent Ecevit
* Lefter Küçükandonyadis
