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176: 670: 894: 676: 873:, hence the name, and armed by the British. The strategic goal of the Caliphate army and of the British was to prevent the National Forces advancing towards the Bosporus straits. The Army of the Caliphate was defeated by the Kuva-yi Milliye. Although the Kuva-yi Milliye was regarded as the first step of resistance in the liberation of Turkey, irregular warfare was abandoned later. Before the Greek war began, Kuva-yi Milliye became the seed of an organized Turkish army, which then became the 934: 459: 35: 134: 916: 961:, who was its founder and namesake. His family had ruled since 1299 in an unbroken lineage throughout the empire's history. The Ottoman sultan maintained supreme authority over the Ottoman Empire's polity. The sultan was the empire's sole and absolute regent, head of state and head of government. The 980:
was determined that only the Ankara government would be represented at the conference. On 1 November 1922, the Grand National Assembly declared that the Sultanate's Constantinople government was no longer the legal representative. The Grand National Assembly also resolved that Constantinople had not
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There were members of the Ottoman dynasty who were in Turkey after the declaration of the republic. An exile list was also created and put into effect by the Republic of Turkey on 23 April 1924 (revised on 1 June 1924) which included the names of 120 adherents of the deposed Ottoman dynasty.
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on 17 November. The remaining ministers in his government accepted the new political reality. There is no official document that declared the state capitulated by the Ottoman Government or sultan; the system resolved by itself. The Conference of Lausanne, on 11 November 1922, recognized the
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on the night of 15 March 1920. On 18 March 1920 the Ottoman parliament met and sent a protest to the Allies that it was unacceptable to arrest five of its members. That was the last meeting of the body and marked the end of the Ottoman political system. Sultan Mehmed VI dissolved the
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been the capital of the nation since its occupation by the Allies. Furthermore, they declared that the Sultanate was to be abolished. The abolition of the sultanate ended the Ottoman Empire. After hearing of the resolution, Mehmed VI sought refuge aboard the British warship
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took the title. The Ottoman dynasty was left as a political-religious successor to Muhammad and a leader of the entire Muslim community without borders in a post Ottoman Empire. Abdülmecid II's title was challenged in 1916 by the leader of the
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and continued with multiple agreements, mostly unilateral among the Allies. British troops began to occupy the key buildings of the Empire and arrest nationalists after the
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on 10 August 1920 finalized the partitioning of the Empire. At the time, in waves, approximately 150 politicians were
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of the Ottoman Empire, had the purpose of eliminating the ruling elite of the Ottomans. Negotiations at Lausanne
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In March 1924, six months after the foundation, the vote came to assembly with the abolition of the caliphate.
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sovereignty of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey replacing the Ottoman Empire. The last sultan,
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An Allied invitation was given to both the Constantinople and Ankara governments to appear at the
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A list of 600 names to the Conference of Lausanne was presented, and were to be declared
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Conflicts occurred at Bolu, Düzce, Hendek, Adapazarı, along with the other
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by British, French and Italian forces occurred on 13 November 1918.
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Greek, Bulgarian and Serb subjects left the empire during the
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decline and modernization of the Ottoman Empire (1828–1908)
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defeat and dissolution of the Ottoman Empire (1908–1922)
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On 11 November 1922, at the 625:State Art and Sculpture Museum 13: 1: 1275:Sultans of the Ottoman Empire 1131:, Oxford Scholarship Online, 1112: 899: 775: 734: 729:on 1 November 1922 ended the 1213:Who's Who – Sultan Mehmed VI 1160:"Mehmed VI | Ottoman sultan" 7: 1290:Turkish War of Independence 1189:Turkish War of Independence 1075: 852:Turkish War of Independence 770:the Caliphate was abolished 307:Decline & Modernization 10: 1316: 1285:1922 in the Ottoman Empire 1082:Abolition of the Caliphate 1054:Armenian national movement 553:Abolition of the caliphate 548:Abolition of the sultanate 391:Abolition of the Caliphate 383:Abolition of the Sultanate 320:(late 18th and early 19th) 1125:D. K. Fieldhouse (2008), 1058:First Republic of Armenia 1007:limited the number to 150 949:End of the Ottoman Empire 837:Turkish national movement 647:Republican People's Party 1092: 1035:Hussein bin Ali of Hejaz 796:on 30 October 1918. 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