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Turkey became a republic under Mustafa Kemal

The Grand National Assembly abolished the sultanate and declared a republic in 1923 After the Ottoman defeat and a war of independence, the Grand National Assembly in Ankara abolished the sultanate in November 1922 and proclaimed the Republic of Turkey on 29 October 1923, with Mustafa Kemal as president. Reforms followed: a Latin alphabet, a secular legal code, and votes for women in 1934. It sits in Mondo's history collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The Grand National Assembly abolished the sultanate and declared a republic in 1923. The figure is taken from Encyclopaedia Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a history fact?: Yes. It sits on the History shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.