1922 ⟶ Ottoman Sultanate Abolished, Sultan Mehmed VI Deposed

November 1: Ottoman Sultanate abolished by the Grand Nationa...
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👑 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

🇹🇷 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

🇹🇷 Ismail Enver Seizes Power in Ottoman Coup

January 23: In the 1913 Ottoman coup d'état, Ismail Enver comes to power.⟶
Ismail Enver Seizes Power in Ottoman Coup (1913)
Ottoman EmpireCoup d'étatPolitical InstabilityMilitaryPower StruggleNationalism
TurkeyTurkey

👑 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)
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🇹🇷 Atatürk Elected President of the Republic of Turkey

October 29: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk becomes the first President of the newly established Republic of Turkey.⟶
Atatürk Elected President of the Republic of Turkey (1923)
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☪️ Turkey Abolishes the Caliphate

March 3: The Caliphate is abolished by Kemal Atatürk.⟶
Turkey Abolishes the Caliphate (1924)
SecularismPolitical ReformOttoman EmpireIslamRepublicModernizationNation-buildingReligious Institutions
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