Mehmed VI Timeline of Events

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Mehmed VI

Mehmet VI was the 36th and last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, reigning from 1918 to 1922...

Timeline of Events

1918

7.4.1918

Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.

1920

4.23.1920

The national council in Turkey denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces a temporary constitution.

8.10.1920

World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.

1922

11.1.1922

The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.

11.17.1922

Former Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI goes into exile in Italy.