The Osmanoğlu family are the members of the historical House of Osman (the Ottoman dynasty), which was the namesake and sole ruling house of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

from 1299 until the establishment of the

Republic of Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

in 1923. There were 36 Ottoman sultans who ruled over the Empire, and each one was a direct descendant through the male line of the first Ottoman Sultan, Sultan

Osman I Osman I or Osman Ghazi ( ota, عثمان غازى, translit= ʿOsmān Ġāzī; tr, I. Osman or ''Osman Gazi''; died 1323/4), sometimes transliterated archaically as Othman, was the founder of the Ottoman Empire (first known as the Ottoman Bey ...

. After the deposition of the last Sultan,

Mehmed VI Mehmed VI Vahideddin ( ota, محمد سادس ''Meḥmed-i sâdis'' or ''Vaḥîdü'd-Dîn''; tr, VI. Mehmed or /; 14 January 1861 – 16 May 1926), also known as Şahbaba () among the Osmanoğlu family, was the 36th and last Sultan of the O ...

, in 1922, and the subsequent abolition of the

Ottoman Caliphate The Caliphate of the Ottoman Empire ( ota, خلافت مقامى, hilâfet makamı, office of the caliphate) was the claim of the heads of the Turkish Ottoman dynasty to be the caliphs of Islam in the late medieval and the early modern era. D ...

in 1924, members of the Imperial family were forced into exile. Their descendants now live in many different countries throughout Europe, as well as in the United States, the Middle East, and since they have now been permitted to return to their homeland, many now also live in Turkey. When in exile, the family adopted the surname of Osmanoğlu, meaning "son of

Osman Osman is the Persian transliteration and derived from the Arabic masculine given name Uthman ( ar, عُثْمان, , link=no ''‘uthmān'') or an English surname. It may refer to: People * Osman (name), people with the name * Osman I (1258–132 ...

", after the founder of the House of Osman and direct ancestor of all current family members.

Heads of the House of Osman since 1923

The Ottoman dynasty was exiled from Turkey in 1924. The female members of the dynasty were allowed to return after 1951, and the male members after 1973. Below is a list of people who would have been heirs to the Ottoman throne following the abolition of the sultanate on 1 November 1922. These people have not necessarily made any claim to the throne; for example

Ertuğrul Osman Şehzade Ertuğrul Osman Efendi ( ota, ارطغرل عثمان), also known as Osman Ertuğrul Osmanoğlu with a surname as required by the Turkish Republic (18 August 1912 – 23 September 2009), was a Prince of the Ottoman Empire and the 43rd H ...

said "Democracy works well in Turkey.". *

, last Ottoman Sultan (1918–1922) then 36th Head of the House of Osman in exile (1922–1926). *

Abdulmejid II Abdulmejid II ( ota, عبد المجید ثانی, ʿAbdü'l-Mecîd-i sânî, tr, II. Abdülmecid, 29 May 1868 – 23 August 1944) was the last Caliph of the Ottoman Dynasty, the only Caliph of the Republic of Turkey, and nominally the 3 ...

, cousin of Mehmed VI. Last Ottoman Caliph (1922–1924) then 37th Head of the House of Osman following Mehmed VI Vahideddin's death (1926–1944). *

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, 38th Head of the House of Osman (1944–1954), grandson of Sultan

Murad V Murad V ( ota, مراد خامس, translit=Murâd-ı ḫâmis; tr, V. Murad; 21 September 1840 – 29 August 1904) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire who reigned from 30 May to 31 August 1876. The son of Abdulmejid I, he supported the ...

. *

Osman Fuad Osman is the Persian transliteration and derived from the Arabic masculine given name Uthman ( ar, عُثْمان, , link=no ''‘uthmān'') or an English surname. It may refer to: People * Osman (name), people with the name * Osman I (1258–13 ...

, 39th Head of the House of Osman (1954–1973), half-brother of Ahmed IV Nihad. *

Mehmed Abdulaziz Mehmed (modern Turkish: Mehmet) is the most common Bosnian and Turkish form of the Arabic name Muhammad ( ar, محمد) (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of Muh ...

, 40th Head of the House of Osman (1973–1977), grandson of Sultan

Abdulaziz Abdulaziz ( ota, عبد العزيز, ʿAbdü'l-ʿAzîz; tr, Abdülaziz; 8 February 18304 June 1876) was the 32nd List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and reigned from 25 June 1861 to 30 May 1876, when he was 187 ...

. * Ali Vâsib, 41st Head of the House of Osman (1977–1983), son of Ahmed IV Nihad. *

Mehmed Orhan Şehzade Mehmed Orhan Efendi ( ota, محمد اور خان; also Mehmed Orhan Osmanoğlu; 12 October 1909 – 12 March 1994) was an Ottoman prince and the 42nd head of the Ottoman dynasty from 1983 to 1994. He was the advisor of King Zog I of Al ...

, 42nd Head of the House of Osman (1983–1994), grandson of Sultan

Abdul Hamid II Abdülhamid or Abdul Hamid II ( ota, عبد الحميد ثانی, Abd ül-Hamid-i Sani; tr, II. Abdülhamid; 21 September 1842 10 February 1918) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 31 August 1876 to 27 April 1909, and the last sultan to ...

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'' (22 July 1992). *

, 43rd Head of the House of Osman (1994–2009), grandson of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.Bernstein, Fred. �
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'' (24 September 2009). He is known in Turkey as "the Last Ottoman". *

Bayezid Osman Bayezid Osman, also known as Osman Bayezid Osmanoğlu with a surname as required by the Republic of Turkey, or known by the Ottoman imperial name as Şehzade (Prince) Bayezid Osman Efendi ( ota, بایزید عثمان; 23 June 1924 – 6 Janua ...

, 44th Head of the House of Osman (2009–2017), great-grandson of Sultan

Abdulmejid I Abdulmejid I ( ota, عبد المجيد اول, ʿAbdü'l-Mecîd-i evvel, tr, I. Abdülmecid; 25 April 182325 June 1861) was the 31st Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and succeeded his father Mahmud II on 2 July 1839. His reign was notable for the ...

.'Osmanoğulları'na insanlık şehadet edecek'
", '' Zaman'' (27 September 2009). *

Dündar Ali Osman Dündar Ali Osman Osmanoğlu (, ota, دوندار علي عثمان, translit= Dundār ʿAli ʿOsmān; 30 December 1930 – 18 January 2021), was a member of the Osmanoğlu family, the modern-day offspring of the Ottoman dynasty. If the dynast ...

, 45th Head of the House of Osman (2017–2021), great-grandson of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. *

Harun Osman Harun Osman Osmanoğlu (born 22 January 1932) is the 46th Head of the House of Osman, which ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 until the abolition of the Sultanate in 1922. He is known by the Ottoman imperial name as Şehzade (Prince) Harun Osm ...

, 46th Head of the House of Osman (2021–present), great-grandson of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.

Resurgence of interest in the Ottoman family

Since the turn of the 21st century there has been a growing interest in the living members of the Ottoman family, both within Turkey and abroad. In 2006, family members met at

Dolmabahçe Palace Dolmabahçe Palace ( tr, Dolmabahçe Sarayı, ) located in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European coast of the Bosporus strait, served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1856 to 1887 and from 1909 t ...

for the presentation of the documentary ''Osmanoğlu'nun Sürgünü'' (''The Ottomans' Exile'') produced by TRT (

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). This documentary followed the stories of the members of the Ottoman family who went into exile in 1924, following the establishment of the Turkish Republic and the abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate. It then follows the stories of their descendants, who now live in Turkey, Europe, North America, and throughout the Middle East. Extensive coverage of this event, and the success of the documentary series has dramatically raised the profile of the Imperial Family. According to ''The New York Times'', historians said that the show of reverence at the funeral of Imperial Prince Ertuğrul Osman in September 2009 was a "seminal moment in the rehabilitation of the Ottoman Empire". An interview with Imperial Prince Mahmud by the Anatolian News Agency was published in several publications in Turkey and the UK
A Sultan's descendant in the heart of London

Turkish citizenship

Without exception, all high-ranking members of the Imperial Ottoman family were exiled in 1924. Most had never left their homeland before, and all were forced to make a new life abroad. The family departed from

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, and would disperse across Europe, the United States and the Middle East. In exile, the family lived in poverty. As the former Ottoman Sultan

Vahideddin had settled in San Remo, many members of the family congregated in the South of France. After living in

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for a short time, the last Caliph of Islam, Imperial Prince (''

Şehzade ''Şehzade'' ( fa, شهزاده) is the Ottoman form of the Persian title '' Shahzadeh'', and refers to the male descendants of an Ottoman sovereign in the male line. This title is equivalent to " prince of the blood imperial" in English. Origi ...

'') Abdulmecid II, also moved to the

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, settling in

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. The Turkish Republic had issued the exiled Ottoman family members with travel documents but they were only valid for one year. Therefore, by 1925 members of the family were no longer able to travel. Prince (''

'') Ali Vâsib Efendi appealed to the French Government and succeeded in obtaining courtesy passports for them. The French Government also issued passports to the children of the members of the family who were born in exile. In the years since the exile was lifted in 1973, many members of the Ottoman family have obtained Turkish citizenship and hold Turkish passports.

Imperial Princes (''Şehzades'') of the House of Osman

The formal way of addressing the male descendants of the Ottoman Sultans is ''Devletlu Necabetlu

Sultan'' (given name) ''Hazretleri Efendi'', i.e. Sultan Imperial Prince (given name). According to genealogies of the House of Osman, had the Sultanate not been abolished, there would be twenty-five Imperial Princes in the line of succession after Dundar Ali Osman (2017-2021), the late head of the family. The

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, with the succession passing to eldest male dynast. #Şehzade

Efendi (b. 1932) (descendant of Abdul Hamid II) #Şehzade

Osman Selaheddin Osmanoğlu Osman is the Persian transliteration and derived from the Arabic masculine given name Uthman ( ar, عُثْمان, , link=no ''‘uthmān'') or an English surname. It may refer to: People * Osman (name), people with the name * Osman I (1258–132 ...

Efendi (b. 1940) (descendant of

through Ahmed IV and Ali I, and of Mehmed V through Ömer Hilmi) #Şehzade Ömer Abdülmecid Osmanoğlu Efendi (b. 1941) (descendant of Mehmed V through Ömer Hilmi and Mahmud Namık) #Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin Efendi (b. 1947) (descendant of Mehmed V) #Şehzade Roland Selim Kadir Efendi (b. 1949) (descendant of Abdul Hamid II) #Şehzade Selim Djem Efendi (b. 1955) (descendant of

Abdülmecid I Abdulmejid I ( ota, عبد المجيد اول, ʿAbdü'l-Mecîd-i evvel, tr, I. Abdülmecid; 25 April 182325 June 1861) was the 31st Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and succeeded his father Mahmud II on 2 July 1839. His reign was notable for the r ...

) #Şehzade Orhan İbrahim Suleiman Saadeddin Efendi (b. 1959) (descendant of

) #Şehzade Orhan Osmanoğlu Efendi (b. 1963) (descendant of Abdul Hamid II) #Şehzade Eric Mehmed Ziyaeddin Nazim Efendi (b. 1966) (descendant of Mehmed V) #Şehzade Orhan Murad Osmanoğlu Efendi (b. 1972) (descendant of Murad V through Ahmed IV and Ali I, and of Mehmed V through Ömer Hilmi) #Şehzade Francis Mahmud Namık Osmanoğlu Efendi (b. 1975) (descendant of Mehmed V through Ömer Hilmi and Mahmud Namık) #Şehzade René Osman Abdul Kadir Efendi (b. 1975) (descendant of Abdul Hamid II) #Şehzade Daniel Adrian Abdulhamid Kadir Efendi (b. 1977) (descendant of Abdul Hamid II) #Şehzade Abdulhamid Kayıhan Osmanoğlu Efendi (b. 1979) (descendant of Abdul Hamid II) #Şehzade

Selim Süleyman Osmanoğlu Salim, Saleem or Selim may refer to: People *Salim (name), or Saleem or Salem or Selim, a name of Arabic origin *Salim (poet) (1800–1866) *Saleem (playwright) (fl. 1996) *Selim I, Selim II and Selim III, Ottoman Sultans * Selim people, an e ...

Efendi (b. 1979) (descendant of Murad V through Ahmed IV , and of Mehmed V through Ömer Hilmi) #Şehzade Nazım Osmanoğlu Efendi (b. 1985) (descendant of Mehmed V) #Şehzade Yavuz Selim Osmanoğlu Efendi (b. 1989) (descendant of Abdul Hamid II) #Şehzade Turan Djem Osmanoğlu Efendi (b. 2004) (descendant of Murad V through Ahmed IV ) #Şehzade Tamer Nihad Osmanoğlu Efendi (b. 2006) (descendant of Murad V through Ahmed IV ) #Şehzade Muhammed Harun Osmanoğlu Efendi (b. 2007) (descendant of Abdul Hamid II) #Şehzade Batu Bayezid Osmanoğlu Efendi (b. 2008) (descendant of Murad V through Ahmed IV ) #Şehzade Ziyaeddin Reşad Osmanoğlu Efendi (b. 2012) (descendant of Mehmed V through Ömer Hilmi and Mahmud Namık) #Şehzade Cem Ömer Osmanoğlu Efendi (b. 2015) (descendant of Mehmed V through Ömer Hilmi and Mahmud Namık) #Şehzade Abdülaziz Osmanoğlu Efendi (b. 2016) (grand son of

and descendant of Abdul Hamid II) #Kendzhaev Artem Osmanoglu Efendi
Kösemihaloğlu

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'ın büyük torunu ıı) #

Imperial Princesses (Sultanas) of the House of Osman

The formal way of addressing the female descendants of the Ottoman Sultans is ''Devletlû İsmetlu'' (given name) ''Sultân Aliyyetü'ş-Şân Hazretleri'', i.e. Sultana (given name). According to genealogies of the House of Osman, had the Sultanate not been abolished, there would be fourteen Sultanas: #Margot Leyla Osmanoğlu Sultan (b. 1947) (descendant of

) #Nilüfer Osmanoğlu Sultan (b. 1953) (descendant of

) #Perihan Osmanoğlu Sultan (b. 1963) (descendant of

Abdülaziz Abdulaziz ( ota, عبد العزيز, ʿAbdü'l-ʿAzîz; tr, Abdülaziz; 8 February 18304 June 1876) was the 32nd List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and reigned from 25 June 1861 to 30 May 1876, when he was 187 ...

) #Ayşe Louise Osmanoğlu Sultan (b. 1964) (descendant of

Mehmed V Mehmed V Reşâd ( ota, محمد خامس, Meḥmed-i ḫâmis; tr, V. Mehmed or ; 2 November 1844 – 3 July 1918) reigned as the 35th and penultimate Ottoman Sultan (). He was the son of Sultan Abdulmejid I. He succeeded his half-brother ...

) #Gülhan Osmanoğlu Sultan (b. 1968) (descendant of

) #Ayşe Gülnev Osmanoğlu Sultan (b. 1971) (descendant of

through Ahmed IV and Ali I, and of

through Ömer Hilmi) #Nurhan Eva Osmanoğlu Sultan (b. 1970) (descendant of

) # Nilhan Osmanoğlu Sultan (b. 1987) (descendant of

) #Zoe Osmanoğlu Sultan (b. 1988) (descendant of

) #Suzan Osmanoğlu Sultan (b. 1997, Holland) (descendant of

) #Ridwan Osmanoğlu Sultan (b. 1998) (descendant of

) #Berna Osmanoğlu Sultan (b. 1999) (descendant of

) #Asyahan Osmanoğlu Sultan (b. 2004) (descendant of

) #Esma Emira Osmanoğlu Sultan (b. 2015) (descendant of

through Ahmed IV and Ali I, and of

through Ömer Hilmi)

Family trees

Family tree of the branch of the Ottoman dynasty descending from
Abdülaziz Abdulaziz ( ota, عبد العزيز, ʿAbdü'l-ʿAzîz; tr, Abdülaziz; 8 February 18304 June 1876) was the 32nd List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and reigned from 25 June 1861 to 30 May 1876, when he was 187 ...

Family tree of the branch of the Ottoman dynasty descending from
Murad V Murad V ( ota, مراد خامس, translit=Murâd-ı ḫâmis; tr, V. Murad; 21 September 1840 – 29 August 1904) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire who reigned from 30 May to 31 August 1876. The son of Abdulmejid I, he supported the ...

Family tree of the branch of the Ottoman dynasty descending from
Abdulhamid II Abdülhamid or Abdul Hamid II ( ota, عبد الحميد ثانی, Abd ül-Hamid-i Sani; tr, II. Abdülhamid; 21 September 1842 10 February 1918) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 31 August 1876 to 27 April 1909, and the last sultan to ...

Family tree of the branch of the Ottoman dynasty descending from
Mehmed V Mehmed V Reşâd ( ota, محمد خامس, Meḥmed-i ḫâmis; tr, V. Mehmed or ; 2 November 1844 – 3 July 1918) reigned as the 35th and penultimate Ottoman Sultan (). He was the son of Sultan Abdulmejid I. He succeeded his half-brother ...
Rashad

Family tree of the branch of the Ottoman dynasty descending from
Mehmed VI Vahdeddin Mehmed VI Vahideddin ( ota, محمد سادس ''Meḥmed-i sâdis'' or ''Vaḥîdü'd-Dîn''; tr, VI. Mehmed or /; 14 January 1861 – 16 May 1926), also known as Şahbaba () among the Osmanoğlu family, was the 36th and last Sultan of the O ...

Family tree of the branch of the Ottoman dynasty descending from Caliph Abdulmecid

References

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