Osman Selahaddin Osmanoğlu is a direct male descendant of Osman Gazi, who founded the Ottoman Empire in 1299. In fact, he is the only prince in the 700-year history of the Ottoman Dynasty whose father was an Ottoman Imperial prince and whose mother was an Ottoman Imperial princess. Prince Ali Vâsıb, his father, was the great-grandson of Sultan Murad V, while Princess Emine Mukbile, his mother, was the granddaughter of Sultan Mehmed V Reşad’s youngest son.
In 1924, all 157 members of the Ott ...