Sultan Kemalh, the most successful of all of the Sultans of the Ottoman Federation, ruled with the Federal Congress from 1930-1937, and the, following the death of Louis Dupond, the last President, seized power and ruled the country entirely autocratically for another year. His heavy handed dealings with insurgents and terrorists caused his reign to be a firm one, but his well-judged discretion with regards to the Second Eurasian War made him unpopular and ultimately lead to his premature assassination in 1938. Had he stayed in power, he could have led Turkey to greatness; as it was, the Federation was plunged into the depths of two civil wars and a World War it could not hope to win.