1936 in Turkey

Parliament

• 5th Parliament of Turkey

  Incumbents

• President – Kemal Atatürk
• Prime Minister – İsmet İnönü

  Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party – Republican People’s Party

  Cabinet

• 8th government of Turkey

  Events

• 6 May – First Conservatoire was founded
• 29 May –Turkish flag was legally defined
• 20 July – By the Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits Turkey began controlling the straits
• 8 September – Radio Broadcasting was nationalized

  Births

• 25 January – Onat Kutlar, writer
• 31 January – Can Bartu, footballer
• 1 February – Tuncel Kurtiz, actor
• 2 February – Metin Oktay, footballer
• 15 March – Göksel Arsoy, actor
• 22 March – Erol Büyükburç, singer
• 15 April – Aydın Doğan, business man, newspaper owner
• 18 May – Türker İnanoğlu, film producer
• 28 June – Belgin Doruk, actress
• 8 August – Çolpan İlhan, actress
• 24 September, İnal Batu, diplomat, politician
• 27 September – Şeref Has, footballer
• 8 November – Yılmaz Büyükerşen, academic, mayor of Eskişehir

  Death

• 13 July – Fatma Aliye Topuz, one of the earliest female novelists
• 26 October – Şükrü Naili Gökberk, retired general
• 27 December – Mehmet Akif Ersoy, poet of the national anthem

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