Dündar Abdülkerim Osmanoğlu

Dündar Ali Osman (, ; 30 December 1930 – 18 January 2021), also known as Dündar Ali Osman Osmanoğlu with a surname as required by the Republic of Turkey, or by the Ottoman imperial name Şehzade Dündar Ali Osman Osmanoğlu Efendi, was the 45th Head of the House of Osman, which ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 until the abolition of the Sultanate in 1922.

Early and personal life Dündar Ali Osman Osmanoğlu was born on 30 December, 1930, in Damascus, Syria. He was a great-grandson of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II. His grandfather was Şehzade Mehmed Selim and his father was Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkerim. Osmanoğlu was married to Yüsra Hanım and was childless. She died on 25 July, 2017, in Damascus.

Later life and death In 1974, the Ottoman family was allowed to return to Turkey. However, Osmanoğlu refused to migrate and stayed in Damascus in Syria, even though most of the family members returned to Istanbul.