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The Last Ottoman Caliph: Abdülmejid II's Exile
Episode 241 moves past the violent dismantling of the Sultanate to explore the quiet tragedy of the Caliphate. After Mustafa Kemal Atatürk abolished the political office of the Sultan in November 1922, the Ottoman dynasty was not immediately erased from history. Instead, the Grand National Assembly installed his cousin, Abdülmejid II, as the ceremonial head of the Islamic Caliphate. This episode traces his brief, gilded existence in Istanbul before the abolition of the Caliphate itself in March 1924. We examine how a man stripped of all political power navigated the rise of the Turkish…
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