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The six days in March when everything changed... Deportation, Expulsion and Banishment of the Ottoman Dynasty, 1-6 March 1924

The six fateful days that sealed the Ottoman dynasty's fate: an excerpt from STAMBOUL, a Turkish daily newspaper in French published in Pera, Constantinople. The following are the contents : 1st March 1924 (Saturday) : • A new era opens today for Turkey • At the caliphal palace • Statements by Abdul-Halim effendi • The dynasty and its assets • The Selamlik • The speech of Vasfi bey. 2 March (Sunday) : • The reform projects • I. — The Caliphate • II. — Law on Evkaf and Şeriat • III. — Law on the unification of education • The Marshal-President's message. 3 March (Monday) : • The caliphate's liquidation • The G.N.A.T. will vote today • The Marshal-President and the Caliphate • The Caliph question • The General staff • Seid bey's presentation • The civil list and the palaces • The state of fortune of the princes • Exchange of dispatches • Meeting. 4 March (Tuesday) : • The G.N.A.T. votes to abolish the caliphate and the Şeriat and Evkaf Commissariats • At the G.N.A.T. • At the party meeting • Resumption • The speech of Ismet Pasha • The opposition • The cabinet • Courts of independence. 5 March (Wednesday) : • The reforms. The departure of the Caliph • In Dolmabahçe • Notification of

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