@article{2017,title={Reactions Against the Abolition of Caliphate in the Media of Bosnia and Herzegovina},abstractNode={Institution of “caliphate” encompassing the Islamic World has appeared when the prophet Mohammed passed away in 632. It is transferred to Ottoman Empire after the conquest of Egypt in 1517. Padişahs of the Empire has been called caliph until abolished in 1924 by Turkish Grand National Assembly. When the caliphate abolished, Muslims in Yugoslavia reacted the process in a myriad of different methods. Most of them, particularly Muslim intellectuals, were active in media. Intelligentsia was split over the abolition of caliphate of which the conservative party defended the vitality of caliphate. They critiqued Ataturk heavily. On the other hand, modernist intellectuals were appreciated due to its abolition unlike conservative ones, and were proud of Atatürk. Among the conservative intellectuals, İbrahim Hakkı Çokiç and Abdullah Ayni Buşatliç and Nuriya Pashic defended the classical concept; they claimed that the abolition of the Caliphate left the Bosniak Muslims alone. According to them, it is necessary to turn back to caliphate without wasting time. Innovative intellectuals Hamdiya Çemerliç, Abdurahman Meşic, Osman Nuri Hadzic, Edhem Bulbulovic, Maksim Svara, Munir Şahinovich Ekremov, Atatürk's actions on the issue of caliphate were regarded to be positive. According to them, Ataturk, with the revolutions he has made, is an example for the Islamic world, especially by removing the caliphate. Bosnian Muslims should support him in this regard. Intellectuals of Bosnia-Herzegovina discussed the issue through newspapers associated with their circle of view. This paper aims at investigating the pieces related to caliphate written in newspapers, magazines and books during the reign of Atatürk and setting forth the mainstream problems regarded by Bosnian intellectuals.},author={Cemile TEKİN},year={2017},journal={Journal of Turkish Studies}}