14 January: Hasan Saka, the prime minister resigns.
24 January: Nationalistic poet Behçet Kemal Çağlar resigns from CHP, protesting Şemsettin Günaltay's cabinet and claiming that the secular principle of the party was sacrificed
1 February: Religion courses offered to primary school children.
24 March: Turkey grants de facto diplomatic recognition to Israel.
9 July: Fire in Çorum passenger ship leaves 61 dead.
16 November: Several members of the Nation Party were arrested on a fake assassination charge (It was claimed that they were planning to assassinate İsmet İnönü and Celal Bayar, but several days later they were released)
