Ertugrul Osman V

Ertugrul Osman V (born August 18, 1912) is the head of the House of Osmanli, which ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1281 to 1923, when Turkey became a republic. He is the grandson of Abdul Hamid II, Sultan from 1876 to 1909. In 1924, while studying in Vienna, Austria, he received news that all members of the Sultan's family were to be exiled. He did not return to his native Turkey until the 1990's, when the Government of Turkey agreed to grant him Turkish citizenship. He has lived in the United States since the 1940's, and currently lives in Manhattan. He became head of the House of Osmanli in 1994.