Original: End of the Caliphate , 1924 On March 3 , 1924 , the first President of the Turkish Republic , Mustafa Kemal Atatürk , as part of his reforms , constitutionally abolished the institution of the Caliphate .
Simplified: On March 3 , 1924 , the first President of the Turkish Republic , Mustafa Kemal Atatürk , as part of his reforms , constitutionally abolished the institution of the Caliphate .