1937 in Turkey

← 1936 1935 1934 1937 in Turkey → 1938 1939 1940
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1937 in Turkey.^[1]

Parliament

• 5th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President – Kemal Atatürk
• Prime Minister

İsmet İnönü (up to 20 September)

Celal Bayar (from 20 September acting, from 1 November de jure)

Ruling party and the main opposition

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

Cabinet

• 8th government of Turkey (up to 1 November)
• 9th government of Turkey(from 1 November)

Events

• 5 January – Amendment in constitution; Six Arrows were implemented
• 12 May – Kemal Atatürk dedicated his farms to the treasury
• 17 May – Divriği iron ore, the largest in Turkey was spotted
• 29 May – Hatay agreement with France
• 8 July – Treaty of Saadabad
• 14 September – Nyon agreement
• 25 October – Prime minister İsmet İnönü resigned. Celal Bayar was appointed as the new prime minister.
• 1 November -New government

Births

• 1 January – Şenol Birol, footballer
• 20 January – Özkan Sümer, footballer, coach
• 1 April – Yılmaz Güney, actor
• 20 April – Yılmaz Onay, author
• 1 May – Üner Tan, MD, biologist
• 14 November – Önder Sav, politician
• 16 August – Ergun Öztuna, footballer
• 18 August – Duygun Yersuvat, Galatasaray S.K. (sports club) chairman
• 8 September – Cüneyt Arkın (Fahrettin Cüreklibakır), actor
• 29 October – Ayla Algan, singer
• 8 December – Erol Çevikçe , politician

Deaths

• 11 January – Nuri Conker, military officer (Atatürk's friend)
• 12 April – Abdülhak Hamit Tarhan (born in 1852), writer, diplomat
• 10 October – Ahmet Refik Altınay (born in 1881), historian
• 15 November – Seyit Rıza (born in 1863), tribe leader

Gallery

• 
  Kemal Atatürk
• 
  İsmet İnönü
• 
  Celal Bayar
• 
  Yılmaz Onay
• 
  Ayla Algan
• 
  Nuri Conker
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  Abdülhak Hamit Tarhan
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  Ahmet Refik Altınay
• 
  Seyit Rıza

References

1. ↑ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 65–68

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