The dethroning of the sultan by the decision of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye.*
The most important weekly humor-cartoon magazine of the USSR, "Krokodil," which began its publication in 1922 and at one point reached a circulation of up to 6.5 million, frequently featured developments in Türkiye in its pages. This cartoon was published in the issue dated December 3, 1922. It depicts the decision to dethrone the sultan seated on a throne labeled "Babı Ali," with the crescent and star bearing the inscription "TBMM" (Grand National Assembly of Türkiye) above it.
* Krokodil, 3 December 1922.
[Cartoon from Krokodil]. (2023). The dethroning of the sultan by the decision of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye. BRIQ Belt & Road Initiative Quarterly, 4(4), 95.
