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Erturul Osman , also known as Osman Erturul Osmanolu with a surname as required by the Turkish Republic , was an Imperial Prince of the Ottoman Empire and the 43rd Head of the Imperial House of Osman from 1994 until his death. Had the Ottoman Empire not been dissolved and succeeded by the Republic of Turkey, he would have become sultan and caliph as Osman V. He was also known as Ertugrul II in reference to Erturul, the father of Osman I.

Osman was born onAugust 1912 in Istanbul. He was the youngest son of Prince Mehmed Burhaneddin . His father served as Captain of the Ottoman Army. From 1914 to 1919 his father was crown prince and titular king of Albania by his marriage to his first wife, Aliye Melek Nazlyar , daughter of Huseyin Bey. They married at Nianta, Nianta Palace, Pera onJune 1909 and divorced in 1919. Osmans paternal grandparents were Sultan Abdul Hamid II and his fourth wife.

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