Chronology of Republic of Turkey

1923-1924-1925 | 1926-1927-1928 | 1929-1930-1931 | 1932-1933-1934 | 1935-1936-1937 | 1938-1939-1940 | 1941-1942-1943 | 1944-1945-1946 | 1947-1948-1949 | 1950-1951-1952 | 1953-1954-1955 | 1956-1957-1958 | 1959-1960-1961 | 1962-1963-1964 | 1965-1966-1967 | 1968-1969-1970 | 1971-1972-1973 | 1974-1975-1976 | 1977-1978-1979 | 1980-1981-1982 | 1983-1984-1985 | 1986-1987-1988 | 1989-1990-1991 | 1992-1993-1994 | 1995-1996-1997 | 1998-1999-2000 | 2001-2002-2003 | 2004-2005-2006 | 2007-2008-2009 | 2010-2011-2012 |

1923

1924

1925

29 Oct 20:45	Declaration of The Republic of Turkey
30 Oct	İsmet İNÖNÜ was assigned as Priminister of Turkey
31 Oct	Annulment of General State of war*
8 Nov	Code of Obligatory Service for the doctors in the eastern part of Turkey was ratified
5 Dec	Establishment of Turkish Touring and Automobile Association
10 Dec	Friendship Treaty between Turkey and Albania
18 Dec	Friendship Treaty between Turkey and Hungary
24 Dec	Turkish-American Claims Treaty
*	The General State of War was in effect because of World War I since 3 Sep 1914

2 Jan	Friday was accepted to be the week-end day
4 Jan	Anniversary of Independence Day for ERDEMLİ
5 Jan	Anniversary of Independence Day for ADANA, CEYHAN, İÇEL and TARSUS
7 Jan	1) Decree was published by The Ministry of National Education concerning the abolition of religious signs and indications in the foreign schools. 2) Anniversary of Independence Day for OSMANİYE
9 Jan	Anniversay of Independence Day for DÖRTYOL
10 Jan	Anniversary of Victory of İnönü I
28 Jan	Friendship Treaty between Turkey and Austria
29 Jan	Friendship Treaty between Turkey and Poland
31 Jan	Lausanne Peace Treaty is signed by Italian Government
6 Feb	First Press Conference by ATATÜRK
7 Feb	Establishment of Women's Union in İSTANBUL
13 Feb	Anniversary of Independence Day for MARAŞ, ERZİNCAN and GÖRELE
14 Feb	1) Anniversary of Independence Day for VAKFIKEBİR 2) An airplane took off from İSTANBUL arrived at ANKARA in three hours.
15 Feb	1) War Games started in İZMİR (15-22 Feb). And, also, several decisions were taken such as a) Annullment of Caliphate, b) Uniting the Educational systems, c) General Staff to be excluded from the Ministrial Activities 2) Anniversary of Independence Day for GÜMÜŞHANE and TOSYA.
17 Feb	Anniversary of Independence Day for AKÇAABAT and KELKİT
21 Feb	Anniversary of Independence Day for BAYBURT
23 Feb	Anniversary of Independence Day for ÇILDIR and HANAK
24 Feb	Anniversary of Independence Day for TRABZON
25 Feb	Anniversary of Independence Day for İSPİR and MAÇKA
26 Feb	Anniversary of Independence Day for ARAKLI and SÜRMENE
27 Feb	Anniversary of Independence Day for ÇAYKARA
28 Feb	Anniversary of Independence Day for OF and POSOF
2 Mar	Anniversary of Independence Day for RİZE
3 Mar	1) Annulment of Caliphate. 2) Friendship Treaty in ANKARA between Turkey and Germany. 3) Annulment of the Ministries of Canonical and General Staff. This way, relations of religion and military were separated from politics. 4) Establishments of General Directorate of Religious Affairs and General Directorate of Foundations. 5) Anniversary of Independence Day for AŞKALE
5 Mar	Establishment of Ministries of Agriculture and Trade
7 Mar	Anniversary of Independence Day for KADİRLİ, ARTVİN and ŞAVŞAT
8 Mar	Anniversary of Independence Day for BORÇKA and MARADİT
9 Mar	Anniversary of Independence Day for ÇAT and ÇAYELİ
12 Mar	Anniversary of Independence Day for ERZURUM, PAZAR and ARDEŞEN
13 Mar	Anniversary of Independence Day for PASİNLER
18 Mar	1) Anniversary of Independence Day for HINIS, KARAYAZI, NARMAN, TEKMAN and VARTO. 2) Acceptance of Village Code. 3) Victory of DARDANELLES (1918).
21 Mar	Anniversary of Independence Day for TORTUM
22 Mar	Anniversary of Independence Day for FEKE
23 Mar	Anniversary of Independence Day for BULANIK and MALAZGİRT
24 Mar	Anniversary of Independence Day for FINDIKLI
25 Mar	Anniversary of Independence Day for OLTU
28 Mar	Anniversary of Independence Day for HORASAN and OLUR
31 Mar	Anniversary of Independence Day for GEVAŞ
1 Apr	1) Anniversary of Independence Day for ERCİŞ. 2) Anniversary of Victory of İNÖNÜ II
2 Apr	Anniversary of Independence Day for VAN
3 Apr	Anniversary of Independence Day for ÖZALP
7 Apr	Anniversary of Independence Day for ŞENKAYA
11 Apr	Anniversary of Independence Day for URFA
13 Apr	Turkish-German Friendship Treaty
14 Apr	Anniversary of Independence Day for DOĞUBEYAZIT, TUTAK and PATNOS
15 Apr	1) Lausanne Treaty was signed by King of England. 2) Anniversary of Independence Day for AĞRI
16 Apr	Anniversary of Independence Day for ELEŞKİRT
17 Apr	Lausanne Treaty was approved by Japanese Parliament
18 Apr	MANİSA Mesir Festivity (18-26)
20 Apr	New Constitution was accepted which was in effect with little changes until 9 Jul 1961
22 Apr	Anniversary of Independence Day for HAKKÂRİ
23 Apr	Anniversary of NATIONAL SOVEREIGNITY HOLIDAY (1920)
25 Apr	Anniversary of Independence Day for KARS (1918), POZANTI and ARDAHAN (1918)
19 May	1) Anniversary of Mustafa Kemal Paşa's Arrival at SAMSUN and the Day the Independence Wars of Turkey started (1919). Later, in 1938, this day was approved to be Youth and Sports Holiday. 2) The Mousul Negotiations started in İSTANBUL
31 May	Friendship Treaty between Turkey and Sweden
2 Jun	Anniversary of Independence Day for KOZAN
21 Jun	Anniversary of Independence Day for SAKARYA
22 Jun	Anniversary of Independence Day for SAPANCA
28 Jun	Anniversary of Independence Day for İZMİT
1 Jul	Cabotage and Marine Holiday
10 Jul	Anniversary of Independence Day for BİRECİK
24 Jul	Anniversary of Lausanne Treaty
8 Aug	Anniversary of Independence Day for BİTLİS
16 Aug	Friendship Treaty between Turkey and Holland
18 Aug	Frienship Treaty between Turkey and Greece in Athens
25 Aug	Mousul Agreement between Turkey and Nations Organization
26 Aug	1) Anniversary of Kocatepe War Zone Ceremony. 2) Victory Week (at AFYON City Center).
27 Aug	Anniversary of Independence Day for AFYONKARAHİSAR
30 Aug	1) Anniversary of Independence Day for KÜTAHYA and ÇİVRİL. 2) Mustafa Kemal made a long speech explaining the War at DUMLUPINAR during the celebration of 2^nd Anniversary of Victory Holiday.
31 Aug	Anniversary of Independence Day for SİVASLI
1 Sep	1) Anniversary of Independence Day for GEDİZ and UŞAK. 2) Establishment of Music Teachers' School.
2 Sep	Anniversary of Independence Day for ESKİŞEHİR
3 Sep	Anniversary of Independence Day for BAYRAMİÇ, BURHANİYE, EŞME, EMET, GÜNEY, SELENDİ and TAVŞANLI
4 Sep	1) Anniversary of Independence Day for ALAŞEHİR, BAYINDIR, BİGADİÇ, BOZÜYÜK, BULDAN, KULA, SARIGÖL and SÖĞÜT. 2) Anniverasry of SIVAS Congress.
5 Sep	Anniversary of Independence Day for BİLECİK, DEMİRCİ, GÖRDES, KANDIRA, KELES, KUYUCAK, NAZİLLİ, ÖDEMİŞ, PAZARYERİ, SALİHLİ, SİMAV, SULTANHİSAR and SUSURLUK
6 Sep	Anniversary of Independence Day for AKHİSAR, BALIKESİR, BALYA, GÖNEN, İNEGÖL, İVRİNDİ, KÖŞK, UMURLU and YENİŞEHİR
7 Sep	Anniversary of Independence Day for AYDIN and GERMENCİK and KUŞADASI
8 Sep	Anniversary of Independence Day for BURHANİYE, MANİSA, MUSTAFAKEMALPAŞA and SELÇUK
9 Sep	1) Anniversary of Independence Day for EDREMİT, İZMİR and MENEMEN. 2) Marine Treaty between Turkey and Russia
10 Sep	Anniversary of Independence Day for BURSA and ORHANGAZİ
11 Sep	1) Anniversary of Independence Day for GEMLİK and ORHANELİ. 2) Establishment of BURSA Trade Center.
12 Sep	Anniversary of Independence Day for FOÇA, HAYMANA, KIRKAĞAÇ, MUDANYA and URLA
13 Sep	1) Anniversary of Independence Day for KARACABEY, KINIK and SOMA. 2) Commemoration of Polatlı-Sakarya Martyrs.
14 Sep	Anniversary of Independence Day for MANYAS, KARABURUN, DİKİLİ and BERGAMA
15 Sep	Anniversary of Independence Day for AYVALIK, BURHANİYE and BANDIRMA
16 Sep	Anniversary of Independence Day for ÇEŞME
18 Sep	Anniversary of Independence Day for AYVACIK, BİGA, ÇAN and YENİCE
20 Sep	Anniversary of Independence Day for BOZCAADA, MİHALLIÇÇIK and SİVRİHİSAR
22 Sep	Anniversary of Independence Day for EMİRDAĞ, EZİNE, İMROZ and LAPSEKİ
24 Sep	Anniversary of Independence Day for BOLVADİN
28 Sep	1) Friendship Treaty between Turkey and Spain. 2) Anniversary of Independence Day for KAĞIZMAN
29 Sep	Anniversary of Independence Day for SARIKAMIŞ
30 Sep	Anniversary of Independence Day for GÖLE
4 Oct	Anniversaryof Independence Day for TUZLUCA
6 Oct	Anniversary of Independence Day for İSTANBUL
11 Oct	1) Friendship Treaty between Turkey and Chekoslovakia. 2) Anniversary of Mudanya Treaty (1922)
13 Oct	Anniversary of Capital City ANKARA
18 Oct	Anniversary of Independence Day for SAİMBEY
22 Oct	Anniversary of Independence Day for DİGOR
28 Oct	Friendship Treaty between Turkey and Spain (No. 626)
29 Oct	Grand National Assembly moves to a new Parliament Building and First Ceremonies for the Anniversary of Republic was performed in this building.
1 Nov	Anniversary of Independence Day for SİLİVRİ and SARAY
2 Nov	Anniversary of Independence Day for DEMİRKÖPRÜ, MURATLI and VİZE<
3 Nov	Anniversary of Independence Day for ARPAÇAY
4 Nov	Anniversary of Independence Day for ÇORLU
8 Nov	Anniversary of Independence Day for LÜLEBURGAZ and PINARHİSAR
9 Nov	Anniversary of Independence Day for KIRKLARELİ, BABAESKİ and PEHLİVANKÖY
15 Nov	Anniversary of Independence Day for HAYRABOLU, MALKARA and TEKİRDAĞ.
16 Nov	Anniversary of Independence Day for MÜREFTE
18 Nov	Anniversary of Independence Day for ŞARKÖY and UZUNKÖPRÜ
21 Nov	Anniversary of Independence Day for İPSALA and KEŞAN
25 Nov	Anniversary of Independence Day for EDİRNE
26 Nov	Anniversary of Independence Day for GELİBOLU and MAYDOS
1 Dec	Friendship Treaty between Turkey and Estonia.
7 Dec	Anniversary of Independence Day for KİLİS
9 Dec	Friendship Treaty between Turkey and Finland.
20 Dec	The name 'Kırkkilise' (40 Churches) changed into 'Kırklareli' (Land of Forties).
25 Dec	Anniversary of Independence Day for GAZİANTEP

1 Jan	Turkey begins to implement Customs Duty in accordance with Lausanne Peace Treaty.
3 Jan	Friendship Treaty between Turkey and Letonia.
19 Jan	Board of Government decides to implement Customs Duty on American goods.
26 Jan	Friendship Treaty between Turkey and Denmark.
30 Jan	Patriarch Constantine VI is expelled from Turkey.
16 Feb	Establishment of Turkish Air Association
25 Feb	Code relating to "Religion could not be abused for Political purposes" was approved.
19 Apr	29^th of October was accepted to be National Holiday
1 May	Severe earthquake in ADANA
14 Jun	Inauguration of Alpullu Sugar Mill
21 Jun	Turkish-Greece Agreement in Ankara.
5 Aug	ATATÜRK divorces his wife. (They were married on 29 Jan 1923)
15 Aug	Agreement made with Junkers Company for Kayseri Airplane and Motors Factories .
1 Sep	1^st Medical Congress in ANKARA
4 Sep	Muslim women enjoy a ball for the fist time at Taksim, İSTANBUL
10 Sep	Fire in Heybeliada, İSTANBUL (60 houses, 30 shops, 2 bakeries were burned
13 Sep	Government decides to send students to Europe
19 Sep	Friendship Agreement between Turkey and Sweden
5 Oct	First Republic gold coin minted in İstanbul
14 Oct	First concrete bridge in Turkey on River Meander
18 Oct	Friendship Treaty between Turkey and Bulgaria
19 Oct	Inauguration of Ankara Medical School
28 Oct	Friendship and Peace Treaty between Turkey and Yugoslavia
5 Nov	Inauguration of Ankara Law School.
30 Nov	The sign "Sovereignty belongs to the Nation" was put up at the Grand National Assembly
17 Dec	Neutral Sides Treaty between Turkey and Soviet Union at Paris
26 Dec	The Code 697 related to "Division of the day into 24 hours" was accepted
30 Dec	The banknotes are changed

: 29 Jul 2010/00:30 GMT

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