1924Turkey Abolishes the Caliphate

March 3: The Caliphate is abolished by Kemal Atatürk.
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🇹🇷 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

⚔️ Failed Countercoup in the Ottoman Empire

April 13: A countercoup fails in the Ottoman Empire.
Failed Countercoup in the Ottoman Empire (1909)
Ottoman EmpirePolitical InstabilityMilitaryGovernmentIstanbul
TurkeyTurkey

🇹🇷 Ismail Enver Seizes Power in Ottoman Coup

Ismail Enver Seizes Power in Ottoman Coup (1913)
Ottoman EmpireCoup d'étatPolitical InstabilityMilitaryPower StruggleNationalism
TurkeyTurkey

👑 Ottoman Sultanate Abolished, Sultan Mehmed VI Deposed

Ottoman Sultanate Abolished, Sultan Mehmed VI Deposed (1922)
Ottoman EmpireSultanateRepublicPolitical TransitionNationalism
TurkeyTurkey

🇹🇷 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)
RepublicPresidentNationalismOttoman EmpireModernization
TurkeyTurkey

☪️ Turkey Abolishes the Caliphate

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