This March marks the 100th anniversary of the decision of the “Grand Turkish National Assembly” to abolish the caliphate that had lasted for 1,300 years on March 3, 1924. The decision was part of the endeavor of the founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, to “modernize the state and separate it from religion” The Middle East Eye website published a report by writer Imran Mulla, in which he discussed canceling the date of the abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate.