1928 ⟶ Turkey Declared a Secular State
Turkey is declared a secular state.
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🇹🇷 Turkey Gains Independence and Ankara is Declared Capital
Mustafa Kemal secures Allied recognition of Turkey's independence in the Treaty of Lausanne and subsequently declares the Republic of Turkey. Ankara officially replaces Constantinople as Turkish capital.⟶
TurkeyIndependenceRepublicTreaty of LausanneAnkaraMustafa Kemal AtatürkModernization
Turkey☪️ Abolition of Ottoman Caliphate
The Turkish Grand National Assembly abolishes the Ottoman Caliphate and sends the remaining members of the Ottoman House into exile in a move that begins the extensive de-Islamization of the public sphere in Turkey. Hussain bin Ali declared himself Caliph and established the Sharifian Caliphate.⟶
CaliphateOttoman EmpireTurkeyIslamSecularismExileDe-IslamizationHussain bin AliSharifian Caliphate
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🇹🇷 Death of Atatürk and İnönü's Presidency
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk died.İsmet İnönü second president of Turkey.⟶
TurkeyAtatürkİnönüPresidentKemalism
Turkey🇹🇷 Military Coup in Turkey
Military coup in Turkey purges executive, military, judiciary branches and university.⟶
TurkeyMilitary CoupPoliticsGovernance20th CenturySecularismLeadership
Turkey🇹🇷 Necmettin Erbakan becomes Prime Minister of Turkey
After leading his Welfare Party to a surprise victory in the 1995 general elections, Necmettin Erbakan becomes the first pro-Islamic Prime Minister of modern Turkey.⟶
TurkeyNecmettin ErbakanWelfare PartyIslamismPolitical IslamSecularismGovernance
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