3rd Parliament of Turkey

The 3rd Grand National Assembly of Turkey existed from 2 September 1927 to 4 May 1931.

There were 367 MPs in the parliament all of which were the members of the Republican People’s Party (CHP)).^[1] But later 15 of them issued from CHP to serve in the Liberal Republican Party (SCF)

Main parliamentary milestones[]

Some of the important events in the history of the parliament are the following:^[2]

• 1 November - Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk) was elected as the president of Turkey for the second time.
• 3 November - İsmet İnönü of CHP formed the 5th government of Turkey .
• 10 April 1928 - Constitutional Amendment to secularize the state.
• 1 November 1928 – Law 1348 : Latin alphabet instead of the traditional Arabic alphabet.
• 1 January 1929 – Nation's schools Project, a temporary project to train adults in Latin Alphahabet. (See Mustafa Necati)
• 3 April 1930 – Law 1580 : Turkish women achieved voting rights in local elections. (see Turkish women in politics)
• 12 August 1930 - Liberal Republican Party (SCF) was founded by the ex prime minister (1924) Fethi Okyar. (Atatürk’s sister was one of the members)
• 27 September 1930 – İsmet İnönü formed the 6th government of Turkey
• 17 November – SCF dissolved itself
• 26 March 1931 – Law 1782 : International measurements were adopted instead of the traditional ones.
• 25 April 1931 - General elections (first stage)
• 4 May 1931 – Elections (second stage)

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