title: 1937 in Turkey
text: # 1937 in Turkey
  
  Events in the year 1937 in Turkey.
  
  ## 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
  * 9 July: Saadabad Pact reached with Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan.
  * 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
  * Abdülhak Hamit Tarhan
  * Ahmet Refik Altınay
  * Seyit Rıza
  