This meant deposing Sultan Mehmet VI, who as caliph (leader of the Islamic world) and sultan stood for the old tradition of combined secular and religious power.
Sultan Mehmet VI gladly volunteered to step down.
mnli hypothesis: Sultan Mehmet VI gladly volunteered to step down. premise: This meant deposing Sultan Mehmet VI, who as caliph (leader of the Islamic world) and sultan stood for the old tradition of combined secular and religious power.