How the Ottoman Empire Destroyed Itself

On 3 March 1924, the last Ottoman Caliph Abdulmejid II was given only four hours to leave Turkey.

A dynasty that had ruled for more than 600 years ended not with a final battle, but with an exile order, a railway station, and a silent train journey into the unknown.

But why did the Ottoman Empire really collapse?

- Was it because of World War I?
- Was it because of Western powers?
- Was it because of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk?
- Or had the empire already destroyed itself from within?

In this documentary, we explore the final 100 years of the Ottoman Empire - from the reforms of Mahmud II and the Tanzimat era to Sultan Abdul Hamid II, the Young Turks, Enver Pasha, World War I, the occupation of Istanbul, the Treaty of Sèvres, Mustafa Kemal’s rise, and finally the abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate in 1924.

This is not just the story of an empire’s military defeat.
It is the story of identity, reform, nationalism, Western pressure, political betrayal, and the moment when the Ottoman state separated its soul from its body.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Intro
02:06 - Beginning of the Fall
16:42 - The Great Wound
23:18 - The Last Deception
30:33 - The Last Caliph

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