The Grand National Assembly of Turkey abolished the monarchy on 1 November 1922 and ended the Ottoman Empire, which had lasted from c. 1299. On 11 November 1922, at the Conference of Lausanne, the sov
Mehmed VI departing from the back door of the Dolmabahçe Palace
c. 1920 Sultan Mehmed VI on his throne.
Süleyman Şefik Pasha, commander of the Caliphate Army
Caliphate Army
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Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Geo
Abolition of the Ottoman sultanate
…of the remaining inhabitants of Turkey were Muslims of either Turkish or Kurdish ethnicity. The Grand National Assembly of Turkey declared itself the Republic of Turkey on 29 October 1923. There were members of the Ottoman dynasty who were in Turkey after the declaration of the republic. An exile list was also created…
Some henges at Göbekli Tepe were erected as far back as 9600 BC, predating those of Stonehenge by over seven millennia.
The Lycian Way is a 760 kilometers (470 mi) long hiking path in Southwestern Turkey.
The Library of Celsus in Ephesus was built by the Romans in 114–117.
The Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (now Istanbul) was built by the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian the Great in 532–537.