| Mehmed Orhan | |
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| Term | 9 December 1983 - 12 March 1994 (10 years, 93 days) |
| Predecessor | Ali Vâsib |
| Successor | Ertuğrul Osman |
| Spouse | Nafiye Yeghen Margaretha Irma Fournier |
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| Fatma Necla Sultan Mehmed Selim Orhan |
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| House | Imperial House of Osman |
| Father | Prince Mehmed Abdul Kadir |
| Mother | Hadice Macide |
| Born | 11 July 1909 Istanbul , Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 12 March 1994 (aged 84) Nice, France |
| Religion | Islam |
Mehmed Orhan (11 July 1909 - 5/12 March 1994) was the 42nd head of the Ottoman dynasty from 1983 to 1994. He succeeded as head of the Ottoman dynasty on December 9, 1983, following the death of Ali Vâsib. If reigning, he would have been styled as Sultan Orhan II.
He was born at Serencebey Palace or at Kızıltoprak, Asia Minor, the son of Prince Mehmed Abdul Kadir, Captain of the Ottoman Army, by his second wife Hadice Macide whose marriage not recognised by the Imperial House, and grandson of Abdul Hamid II by his second wife.
Mehmed Orhan worked as a shipbuilder in Brazil, a taxi driver in Beirut and Damascus, a cemetery attendant and an aide to King Zog of Albania. He died in Nice and was buried there.
In a 1990 feature in Lifemagazine, he said his legacy is "both sacred and laughable," and said, "To be Ottoman is to know how to breathe with time."[1]
Mehmed Orhan first married Nafiye Yeghen (Cairo, 1913 - ?) in January 1933 and later married Margaretha Irma Fournier in Paris in 1943. He had one daughter by first wife and one son by second wife:
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Mehmed Orhan
Born: July 11 1909 Died: March 12 1994 |
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| Preceded by Ali Vâsib |
— TITULAR — Sultan of the Ottoman Empire December 9, 1983 – March 12, 1994 Reason for succession failure: Empire abolished in 1922 |
Succeeded by Ertuğrul Osman |
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