1918 ⟶ Mehmed VI Ascends as Last Ottoman Sultan and Caliph

July 4: Mehmed VI becomes the last Sultan of the Ottoman Emp...
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👑 Deposition and Execution of Ottoman Sultan Osman II

Deposition and regicide of Ottoman sultan Osman II.⟶
Deposition and Execution of Ottoman Sultan Osman II (1622)
Ottoman EmpireSultanRegicidePolitical InstabilityPower StruggleMilitary
TurkeyTurkey

👑 Mehmed IV Ascends to the Ottoman Throne

Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.⟶
Mehmed IV Ascends to the Ottoman Throne (1647)
Ottoman EmpireSultanMonarchySuccessionIslamic World
TurkeyTurkey

👑 Mahmud I Ascends Ottoman Throne After Revolt

Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt, ending the Tulip period.⟶
Mahmud I Ascends Ottoman Throne After Revolt (1730)
Ottoman EmpireSuccessionRegime ChangeImperial History
TurkeyTurkey

🇹🇷 Young Turk Revolution in the Ottoman Empire

July: Young Turk Revolution in the Ottoman Empire.⟶
Young Turk Revolution in the Ottoman Empire (1908)
Ottoman EmpireRevolutionConstitutionalismModernizationBalkan WarsNationalism
TurkeyTurkey

👑 Mehmed VI Ascends as Last Ottoman Sultan and Caliph

July 4: Mehmed VI becomes the last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the last Caliph.⟶
Mehmed VI Ascends as Last Ottoman Sultan and Caliph (1918)
Ottoman EmpireSultanCaliphateWorld War ISuccessionIslamic WorldDecline
TurkeyTurkeyEgyptEgyptGreeceGreece

👑 Ottoman Sultanate Abolished, Sultan Mehmed VI Deposed

November 1: Ottoman Sultanate abolished by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey; Sultan Mehmed VI is deposed.⟶
Ottoman Sultanate Abolished, Sultan Mehmed VI Deposed (1922)
Ottoman EmpireSultanateRepublicPolitical TransitionNationalism
TurkeyTurkey