The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_caliphs#Ottoman_Caliphate_(1517–1924)" id="mwkw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of caliphs">Caliph</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdülmecid_II" id="mwlA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Abdülmecid II">Abdülmecid II</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Caliphate" id="mwlQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ottoman Caliphate">Ottoman Caliphate</a> is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey" id="mwlg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_Kemal_Atatürk" id="mwlw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mustafa Kemal Atatürk">Kemal Atatürk</a>.