1926 in Turkey

Parliament

• 2nd Parliament of Turkey

  Incumbents

• President – Kemal Atatürk
• Prime Minister – İsmet İnönü

  Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party – Republican People's Party

  Cabinet

• 4th government of Turkey

  Events

• 1 January –Turkey began using international calendar and timing instead of the traditional one
• 17 February – Civil code
• 1 March – Modern criminal code
• 18 March – A magnitude 6.9 earthquake, with a maximum intensity of VIII, occurs in the Mediterranean Sea southwest of Kaş in the Antalya Province. Some people are killed.
• 11 April – Partial mobilization as a precaution after a speech of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini
• 19 April – Modern Cabotage law
• 22 April – Modern Obligations code
• 29 May – Modern Commercial code
• 5 June – Treaty concerning the future of Mosul
• 15 June – A plot to assassinate Mustafa Kemal was uncovered in İzmir
• 20 June – Crisis between the prime minister İsmet İnönü and the special court about the court's right to arrest of Kazım Karabekir who was an MP.
• 2 August – The French S.S. Lotus collided with the Turkish S.S. Bozkurt.
• 6 October – First airplane factory in Kayseri
• 12 October – Lotus issue was brought to international courts
• 22 October – The 6.0 Kars earthquake occurs with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX. The shock was close to the border and affected both Turkey and Armenia, leaving 360 people dead

  Births

• 15 February – Doğan Güreş, chief of staff
• 28 February – Erol Taş, actor
• 6 June – Erdal İnönü, physics professor, politician
• 22 August – Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan, poet
• 5 September – Süleyman Seba longest presiding Chairman of Beşiktaş J.K. sports club
• 29 October – Necmettin Erbakan, prime minister

  Deaths

• 12 July – Ziya Hurşit, politician
• 13 July – Rüştü Pasha, retired general and politician
• 26 August – Mehmet Cavit Bey, politician, economist
• 26 August – Nazım Bey, MD and politician

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