1931 in Turkey

Events in the year 1931 in Turkey.

← 1930 1929 1928 1931 in Turkey → 1932 1933 1934
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Parliament

• 3rd Parliament of Turkey (up to 4 May)
• 4th Parliament of Turkey (from 4 May)

Incumbents

• President – Kemal Atatürk
• Prime Minister – İsmet İnönü

Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP)

Cabinet

• 6th government of Turkey (up to 5 May)
• 7th government of Turkey (from 5 May)

Events

• 26 March – International measurements were legalized
• 15 April – Turkish Historical Society was founded
• 4 May – General elections
• 5 May –

Kemal Atatürk was reelected as the president

İsmet İnönü formed his new cabinet

Births

• 4 January – Coşkun Özarı , football coach
• 27 January – Gazanfer Özcan theatre actor
• 28 January – Naci Erdem, footballer
• 5 July – Selahattin Beyazıt, businessman
• 7 July – Talat Sait Halman, politician and man of letters
• 10 September – Ece Ayhan, poet
• 6 December – Zeki Müren, singer

Deaths

• 3 March – Hasan İzzet Pasha (born in 1871), Ottoman general
• 31 July – Çürüksulu Mahmud Pasha (born in 1864), Ottoman admiral and politician
• 15 September – Seniha Sultan (born in 1852), Ottoman princess
• 5 October – Selma Rıza (Feraceli), first Turkish female journalist
• 15 October – Veysel Özgür (born in 1877), military officer
• 23 December – Mehmet Rauf (born in 1875), novelist

Gallery

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  Kemal Atatürk
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  İsmet İnönü
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  Hasan İzzet Pasha
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  Çürüksulu Mahmut Pasha
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  Veysel Özgür