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Abolition of the Caliphate
1st President of Turkey
The Ottoman Caliphate, the Muslim world's last widely recognized caliphate, was abolished on 3 March 1924 (R.C. 1340, A.H. 1342) by decree of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. The process was one of Atatürk's reforms. Abdul Mejid II was deposed as the last Ottoman caliph.