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Nazım Ziyaeddin Nazım Osmanoğlu (born 24 September 1985), known professionally as Naz Osmanoglu, is an

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- Turkish comedian and member of the Imperial House of Osman, former ruling dynasty of the

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Personal

Osmanoglu studied English literature at Durham University ( Van Mildert College), graduating in 2008. He was a member of The Durham Revue alongside

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Comedy

Osmanoglu was the winner of the 2009 "Amused Moose Laugh Off", runner-up in "

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" in 2009, and member of sketch trio "WitTank", which featured on the

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stand up and sketch series ''

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''. He also made an appearance in ''

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''. He appeared in "Flat TV", a short online comedy series for BBC Three, with flatmate Tom Rosenthal. Recently, he has done stand-up shows, titled "1000% Awesome" and "Ottoman Without an Empire", appearing at the

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with both, as well as many gigs throughout the UK & Europe, and also in California. In 2015, he visited Turkey, the home of his ancestors, for the first time. During his stay he visited the

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where his grandfather Şehzade Cengiz Nazim was born. He also held three different standup shows that were well received by the Turkish audience.

Ancestry

Osmanoglu's father, Mehmed Ziyaeddin, is an Imperial Prince of the Ottoman Empire and a member of the non-reigning Imperial House of Osman. There is no real reference to the direct lineage of his father. His mother is of

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origins from

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, where the family lives.

Full style

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The Prince (

) Nazım Ziyaeddin Nazım Osmanoğlu, Imperial Prince of the

, Member of the House of Osman'' Osmanoglu is 16th in line to become the Head of the Imperial House of Osman. The Ottoman Empire was succeeded by the Republic of Turkey in 1923 after the monarchy was abolished the previous year; the members of the royal Ottoman ( tr, Osmanlı) family were initially exiled to Europe. Osmanoglu uses his everyday nickname "Naz" and his last name (without the modern Turkish diacritic ğ) as his personal, professional, and stage name, being known simply as Naz Osmanoglu.

References

1985 births Living people English male comedians English people of Turkish descent Ottoman dynasty Alumni of Van Mildert College, Durham People from Pembury {{UK-comedian-stub

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