Abolition of the Caliphate
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title:
Abolition of the Caliphate
text:
The Ottoman Caliphate, the world's last widely recognized caliphate, was abolished on 3 March 1924 by decree of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. The process was one of Atatürk's reforms following the replacement of the Ottoman Empire with the Republic of Turkey. Abdulmejid II was deposed as the last Ottoman caliph. The caliph was nominally the supreme religious and political leader of all Muslims across the world. In the years prior to the abolition, during the ongoing Turkish War of Indep
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1924 event in Turkey
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_of_the_Caliphate
date created:
2019-07-02T23:43:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T13:01:55Z
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