On this day, 12th of January, 1920 CE, the last Ottoman Parliament met in Istanbul. This parliament issued the National Pact or Misak-ı Milli expressing the will of the Turkish people to regain the full national integrity and independence. But the occupa ...
Today on the 18th of November in 1922 CE, Ottoman prince Abdülmecid II became the last Islamic and Ottoman Caliph. Ottoman Sultanate was already abolished. So, the Caliph was now severed from all political power. Later, when Mustafa Kemal proclaimed the ...
Mehmed VI, the last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, leaving the country from the back door of the Dolmabahçe Palace after the abolition of the Ottoman sultanate on 17 November 1922. Today on the 17th of November in 1922 CE, the 36th and last Ottoman Sul ...
Today on the 10th of November in 1938 CE, the founder and first president (1923–38) of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk died in Istanbul. He was buried in the capital city of Ankara on November 21. Atatürk was instrumental in transforming th ...
