1925 in Turkey

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)

1925 in Europe

Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Austria Baden Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Prussia Romania San Marino Soviet Union Armenian SSR Azerbaijan SSR Byelorussian SSR Georgian SSR Kazakh SSR Russian SFSR Ukrainian SSR Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Yugoslavia

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Åland Cyprus Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta

1925 in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Bhutan Ceylon China Egypt Iran Japan Nepal Oman Philippines Siam Sikkim Soviet Union Transjordan Turkey North Yemen

States with limited recognition	Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic Tibet Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Bahrain British India British Malaya Brunei Cyprus Dutch East Indies French India French Indochina Kuwait Mandatory Iraq Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Syria Taiwan