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29th October 1923: Republic of Turkey formally proclaimed under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

29th October 2025
Tagged as: Ataturk, Treaty of Sevres, Turkey, Turkish War of Independence

The Grand National Assembly in Ankara declared the creation of the Republic of Turkey and, in a unanimous vote, Mustafa Kemal was chosen as president.

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4th July 1918: Mehmed VI ascends to the throne as the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire

4th July 2024
Tagged as: Armistice of Mudros, First World War, Mehmed VI, Ottoman, Ottoman Empire, Treaty of Sevres, Turkey

By the time Mehmed VI became sultan following the death of his half-brother, the empire was on the brink of collapse due to a combination of military losses, economic hardship, and nationalist movements at home.

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29th October 1923: Republic of Turkey formally proclaimed under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

4th July 1918: Mehmed VI ascends to the throne as the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

14th September 1814: USA’s national anthem lyrics written as the poem “Defence of Fort M’Henry”

13th September 1501: Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David

12th September 1940: Prehistoric cave paintings discovered at Lascaux, in the Dordogne region of southwestern France

11th September 1978: Janet Parker becomes the last recorded person in the world to die from smallpox

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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