Who is the current heir to the Ottoman Empire?
Sarah Oconnell
Published Apr 25, 2026
Harun Osman, 46th Head of the House of Osman (2021–present), great-grandson of
Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Abdul Hamid II or Abdülhamid II (Ottoman Turkish: عبد الحميد ثانی, romanized: Abdü'l-Ḥamîd-i-sânî; Turkish: II. Abdülhamid; 21 September 1842 – 10 February 1918) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 31 August 1876 to 27 April 1909, and the last sultan to exert effective control over the fracturing state.
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Who owns the Ottoman Empire now?
Read a brief summary of this topicThe Ottoman period spanned more than 600 years and came to an end only in 1922, when it was replaced by the Turkish Republic and various successor states in southeastern Europe and the Middle East.