<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_of_the_Ottoman_sultanate" id="mwAQw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Abolition of the Ottoman sultanate">Abolition of the Ottoman sultanate</a>: The last sultan of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" id="mwAQ0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_VI" id="mwAQ4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mehmed VI">Mehmed VI</a>, abdicates.