[The 87-year-old Ottoman prince was transferred across Lebanese territory after his family asked local authorities to bring him to Istanbul. (Facebook Photo)]
Istanbul: Ottoman prince Dundar Abdul Karim Othman Oglu (also as Osmanoğlu), one of the last living members of the Ottoman dynasty, arrived in Turkish territory this week after the government approved his move from the Syrian capital of Damascus.
The 87-year-old Ottoman prince was transferred across Lebanese territory after his family asked local authorities to bring him to Istanbul.
The Ottoman Empire, also known as the Turkish Empire, or Ottoman Turkey, was an empire founded at the end of the thirteenth century in northwestern Anatolia in the vicinity of Bilecik and Söğüt by the Oghuz Turkish tribal leader Osman.
The Osmanoğlu family refers to the current members of the historical House of Osman i.e. the Ottoman dynasty, which was the namesake and sole ruling house of the Ottoman Empire from 1299 until the establishment of the Republic of Turkey 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.
After the deposition of the last Sultan, Mehmet VI, in 1922, and the subsequent abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate 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", after the founder of the House of Osman and direct ancestor of all current family members.
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