Milestone·Modern
Ottoman Sultanate Abolished in Ankara
- Date
- 1 November 1922 CE1341 AH104 years ago
- Place
- Ankara, Turkey
- People
- Mehmed VI, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
The Grand National Assembly in Ankara abolished the Ottoman sultanate on 1 November 1922. The vote separated the sultanate from the caliphate and ended the political rule of the Ottoman dynasty. Sultan Mehmed VI left Istanbul in November 1922. The Republic of Turkey was proclaimed in October 1923, and the caliphate was abolished in March 1924.
Why it matters
The end of the sultanate closed six centuries of Ottoman dynastic rule and led to the Turkish Republic.