The Turkish embassy in Islamabad has declined a memorandum presented by a two-member delegation of the Hizbut Tahrir on the fall of the Ottoman Caliphate 85 years ago, said a Hizb spokesman Friday. "In the memorandum we had contended that Mustafa Kamal (Ataturk) was responsible for the destruction of the caliphate and this act caused a huge catastrophe across the entire Muslim world," said Shahzad Shaikh, Hizb spokesman, at a press conference at the Karachi Press Club.According to him, the Turkish embassy had refused to receive the memorandum on the grounds that its contents were against Turkish laws and constitution. "The head of the Turkish mission told our representatives Imran Yousufzai and Fayyaz Sharif that he could not receive the memorandum because it was insulting Turk laws and its constitution and its status as a secular state," said Shaikh. He regretted that the Turkish government had "done away" with its "past stature" as leaders of the Muslim world. "It is a caliphate that could restore the lost glory of the Muslims," he claimed.