1922–1923 CEReputable sourceWell documented
The Fall of the Empire and the Republic of Turkey
On the timeline · around 1922–1923 CE ·
What happened
Defeated and occupied after WWI, the empire was saved from partition by a nationalist movement under Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk). The sultanate was abolished in 1922, and in 1923 the Republic of Turkey was proclaimed — a secular nation-state on the empire's Anatolian heartland.
Why it matters
After more than six centuries, the Ottoman Empire ended — and from its ashes rose modern Turkey and much of the map of today's Middle East.
Sources
- World History Encyclopedia. The Ottoman Empire · Reputable source
Related timelines
- World War I → — From imperial collapse to nation-states