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See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1938 in Turkey.

Parliament

• 5th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President

Kemal Atatürk (up to 10 November)

İsmet İnönü (from 10 November)

• Prime Minister – Celal Bayar

Ruling party and the main opposition

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

Cabinet

• 9th government of Turkey (up to 11 November)
• 10th government of Turkey (from 11 November)

Events

• 31 March – First public statement about Atatürks's health
• 14 April – Konak Terminal a busy ferry terminal in İzmir was opened
• 19 April – 1938 Kırşehir earthquake
• 20 May – Atatürk's last national tour (to Mersin) He stressed on the Hatay republic problem
• 5 July – Turkish army in Hatay (by treaty)
• 2 September – The Hatay Republic was founded, Tayfur Sökmen was elected as the Hatay president
• 28 October – Ankara Radio began broadcasting
• 10 November – Atatürk died
• 11 November –

İsmet İnönü was elected as the new president

New government

• 31 December – By elections

Births

• 1 January – Birol Pekel, footballer
• 1 January – Halit Akçatepe, actor
• 27 March – Kartal Tibet, actor
• 28 March – Genco Erkal, theatre actor
• 31 March – Ahmet Ayık, wrestler
• 17 May – Emine Işınsu, writer (died 2021)
• 12 June – Erol Sabancı, industrialist
• 1 July – Yalçın Küçük, writer, historian
• 20 July – Deniz Baykal, politician
• 1 October – Tunç Başaran, film director
• 10 November – Ogün Altıparmak, footballer
• 31 December – Berkant Akgürgen, singer

Deaths

• 30 January -Mehmed Ziyaeddin (born in 1873), Ottoman dynasty member
• 13 March - Cevat Çobanlı (born in 1870), retired general
• 23 September - Kâzım İnanç (born in 1880), soldier, politician

Gallery

• Kemal Atatürk
• İsmet İnönü
• Celal Bayar
• Tayfur Sökmen
• Tunç Başaran
• Mehmet Ziyaeddin
• Cavat Çobanlı
• Kazım İnanç

References

1. Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 69-62

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