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| 1872 | Pasha, Midhat |  |
| Promulgates Turkey's 1st constitution |
| 1876 | Mahmud, Nedim Pasa | |
| 23rd Dec Istanbul Declares indivisibility of the Ottoman Empire |
| 23rd Dec Istanbul Provides Parliamentary Government based on all groups in society |
| 1918 | Pirioghlu, Kakht al-Din | |
| 1st Dec Appointed Head of the Provisional government |
| 1919 | Ataturk, Maustafa Kemal | |
| Erzum Calls the National Congress of Turkish Provinces together to meet at Erzurum |
| Ankara Demands complete independence for all Turkish speaking territories |
| Ankara Proclaims a National Pact after formulating his programme at Erzurum & Sivas |
| Ankara Renounces the Empire |
| 1920 | Ataturk, Maustafa Kemal | |
| Ankara Endorsed by the legal Ottoman parliament & the new National Assembly at Ankara |
| Ankara The National Assembly proclaims the State of Turkey with Ataturk as President |
| 1923 | Abdulmecid II | |
| Turkey becomes a republic |
| 1923 | Ataturk, Maustafa Kemal | |
| 29th Oct Ankara Kemal is made executice President & Turkey has one political party |
| 29th Oct Ankara Proclaims the Republic of Turkey with Ankara as its capital |
| 29th Oct Ankara The Republic of Turkey is officially recognized |
| 1923 | Inonu, Ismet | |
| Istanbul 1st Prime Minister of the new Turkish Republic |
| 1924 | Abdulmecid II | |
| The Caliphate is abolished & Abdulmecid is exiled |
| 1924 | Ataturk, Maustafa Kemal | |
| Ankara An elected Parliament is created |
| 3rd Mar Ankara Abolishes the Caliphate |
| 1980 | Evren, Kenan | |
| 12th Sep With the coup, comes the National Security Council (Milli Gvenlik Konseyi) as the ruling body |
| 1982 | Evren, Kenan | |
| 7th Nov Evren installed himself as President of Republic of Turkey on with the 90% approval of the new constitution that was submitted to a public referendum |
| 1995 | Ciller, Tansu | |
| 12th April Kurdistan The Kurdistan Parliament in exile is founded in the Hague |
| 26th Dec Agrees to work toward a coalition government in an effort to keep the Islamic Party from taking power and turning the 72-year-old secular republic into a theocracy that would be at odds with the West |
| 2002 | Sezer, Ahmet Necdet | |
| Jan Women are given full legal equality with men |
| 2003 | Erdogan, Recep Tayyip | |
| People with convictions can stand for political off |
| 20th April Says he would like the parliamentary system to be replaced by a presidential system |
| 23rd April Celebrations all over Turkey mark the 83rd anniversary of the foundation of Parliament |
