1925 in Turkey

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Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1900s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	List of years 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)
• 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), recel leader (executed)
• 18 December - Süleyman Sırrı Aral (born in 1874), engineer, politician

Gallery

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  Kemal Atatürk

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  Fethi Okyar

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  İsmet İnönü

• KazimKarabekirPasha.jpg

  Kazım Karabekir

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  Latife Hanım

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  İlhan Selçuk (statue)

• Sadri Alışık.jpg

  Sadri Alışık

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  Bülent Ecevit

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  Lefter Küçükandonyadis

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  Halit Pasha