Events in the year 1938 in Turkey.[1]
Ruling party and the main opposition
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- 31 March – First public statement about Atatürks's health
- 14 April – Konak Terminal a busy ferry terminal in İzmir was opened
- 19 April – 1938 Kırşehir earthquake
- 20 May – Atatürk's last national tour (to Mersin) He stressed on the Hatay republic problem
- 5 July – Turkish army in Hatay (by treaty)
- 2 September – The Hatay Republic was founded, Tayfur Sökmen was elected as the Hatay president
- 28 October – Ankara Radio began broadcasting
- 10 November – Atatürk died
- 11 November –
- İsmet İnönü was elected as the new president
- New government
- 31 December – By elections
- 1 January – Birol Pekel, footballer
- 1 January – Halit Akçatepe, actor
- 27 March – Kartal Tibet, actor
- 28 March – Genco Erkal, theatre actor
- 31 March – Ahmet Ayık, wrestler
- 17 May – Emine Işınsu, writer (died 2021)
- 12 June – Erol Sabancı, industrialist
- 1 July – Yalçın Küçük, writer, historian
- 20 July – Deniz Baykal, politician
- 1 October – Tunç Başaran, film director
- 10 November – Ogün Altıparmak, footballer
- 31 December – Berkant Akgürgen, singer
- ^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 69-62
