The 5th Grand National Assembly of Turkey existed from 8 February 1935 to 3 April 1939. There were 444 MPs in the parliament all of which were the members of the Republican People's Party (CHP).^[1] 5th parliament was the first Turkish parliament in which women deputies were elected.

Some of the important events in the history of the parliament are the following:^[2]

• 1 March 1935 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was elected as the president of Turkey for the 4th time.
• 1 March 1935 – İsmet İnönü of CHP formed the 8th government of Turkey
• 27 May 1935 – Law 2739 : The official holidays and vacations were established. Sunday became the rest day (instead of Friday).
• 31 July 1936 - Law 3056 : Montreux Convention (20 July) approved by the parliament
• 25 October 1937 – Celal Bayar of CHP formed the 9th government of Turkey
• 10 November 1938 – President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk died.
• 11 November 1938 – İsmet İnönü was elected as the second president of Turkey.
• 11 November 1938 – Celal Bayar formed the 10th government of Turkey
• 25 January 1939 – Refik Saydam of CHP formed the 11th government of Turkey
• 26 March 1939 – General Elections

• Women in Turkish politics