Why did Atatürk abolish the caliphate as part of his reform movement? using the word caliphate write the answer.

Ataturk abolished the caliphate as part of his reform movement because he wanted a secular state and caliphate was actually a theocratic element in the Ottoman apparatus. Ataturk believed that for the people to progress and for the country of Turkey to become a great empire, secularism is a must and should be followed without any hindrance.