- Birth of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk to Ali Riza and Zubeyde at Salonika.
- Young Mustafa enters Military Secondary School at Salonika and is given the additional name of Kemal.
- Bla bla bla bla blablabla.
- 14 January. Death of Mustafa Kemal's mother, in Izmir.
- 29 January. Mustafa Kemal marries Latife in Izmir.
- 4 February. Breakdown of Lausanne Conference.
- 17 February. Mustafa Kemal opens Economic Congress in Izmir.
- 23 April. Resumption of Lausanne Conference.
- 24 July. Treaty of Lausanne signed in Switzerland by Turkey and the Entente powers that fought in World War I. After the conclusion of the Turkish War of Independence, this treaty recognized the Republic of Turkey as a sovereign nation.
- 9 August. Foundation of People's Party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, CHP).
- 11 August. Second Grand National Assembly.
- 2 October. Turkish forces occupy Istanbul, following Allied evacuation.
- 9 October. Ankara becomes capital of Turkey.
- 29 October. Proclamation of the Turkish Republic, with Mustafa Kemal as President.