Vandaag is het honderd jaar geleden dat the Turkish Grand National Assembly, under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk denounced the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announced a temporary constitution. Op de foto: the last Ottoman sultan, Mehmed VI, departs his palace in Istanbul after the abolition of the monarchy (On this day).

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