1926 in Turkey

←

 1926
in
Turkey

→

Centuries:
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
See also:List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1926 in Turkey.[1]

Parliament

Incumbents

Ruling party and the main opposition

Cabinet

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 (Severe), occurs in the Mediterranean Sea southwest of Kaş in the Antalya Province. Some people are killed.[2]
  • 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 (Which was a part of Turkey at the end of World War I but annexed by the United Kingdom during the armistice day follawing the war.)
  • 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. (Mustafa Kemal mediated and the crisis ended on the 5th of July)
  • 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 (see 2 August)
  • 22 October – The 6.0 Ms  Kars earthquake occurs with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shock was close to the border and affected both Turkey and Armenia, leaving 360 people dead

Births

Deaths
  • Kemal Atatürk
  • İsmet İnönü
  • Kazım Karabekir
  • Erol Taş
  • Necmettin Erbakan
  • Ziya Hurşit
  • Rüştü Pasha
  • Nazım Bey

References
  1. Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 30–36
  2. USGS (September 4, 2009), PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog, Version 2008_06.1, United States Geological Survey
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.