1929 in Turkey
# 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

## Gallery

* Kemal Atatürk
* İsmet İnönü
* Mustafa Necati
* Fehime Sultan
