| Prince Turki II bin Abdul-Aziz | |
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| In office | 1969 - 1983 |
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| Turki II bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud | |
| House | House of Saud |
| Religion | Islam |
Prince Turki II bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud (Arabic: تركي الثاني بن عبد العزيز آل سعود; born 1934) is a member of the Saudi royal family. He is a member of the Sudairi Seven, a powerful faction of brothers within the Al Saud. He currently resides outside Saudi Arabia, in Cairo.[1]
Prince Turki was born in 1934 to King Abdul-Aziz Al Saud and Princess Hassa bint Ahmad bin Muhammad al-Sudairi, one of seven princes resulting from the marriage. He is known as "the second" (الثاني ath-thānī) because he is the second son born to King Abdul-Aziz known as "Turki". The first Prince Turki was Abdul-Aziz's first son who died in 1919 from Spanish flu.
In February 1982, Prince Turki and his family, while living in Miami, were accused of holding an Egyptian servant against her will. Officers from the Metro-Dade Police Department (MDPD) searched his apartment with a warrant but failed to find the woman. However, the police encountered fierce resistance from Turki's bodyguards. He eventually sued the MDPD for $210 million, who launched a countersuit of their own. The State Department granted Turki diplomatic immunity in April and the lawsuit was dropped in June.[2]
After a falling-out with other princes, Turki moved to Cairo and has lived in self-imposed exile there since.[1][3]
He is married to Princess Hend.[2] His son, Prince Sultan was "kidnapped" in Geneva and placed under house arrest in Riyadh in 2004 after he spoke out in favor of reform in Saudi Arabia.[3]