Mehmed VI
Mehmed VI (14 January 1861 – 16 May 1926)[1][2] was the 36th and last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. His reign lasted from 1918 to 1922. He succeeded his brother, Mehmed V, as the eldest male member of the House of Osman after the 1916 suicide of the heir to the throne, Yusuf Izzettin Efendi.[3] He was presented with the Sword of Osman on 4 June 1918 in the traditional coronation ceremony. His father was Sultan Abdulmejid I and mother was Gülüstü (1831 – May 1861). His reign saw the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after its defeat in the First World War. The collapse of the Ottoman state resulted in its partitioning by Britain, France, Italy, Greece and Armenia. It was during this desperate time that the popular war hero Mustafa Kemal Atatürk assembled a Turkish resistance army in Ankara and fought off the Allied occupants of Anatolia during the Turkish War of Independence which he won. After removing the Western powers along with Greece from Anatolia in September 1922, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk then proceeded to abolish the Ottoman caliphate. Mehmed was removed from the throne when the Ottoman sultanate was abolished in 1922. As the sultan fled on an Allied warship, the Turkish army then liberated Istanbul in January 1923 which cemented the foundation of the new republic of Turkey with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as its first president.
| Mehmed VI | |
|---|---|
| Caliph of Islam His Imperial Majesty Sultan of the Ottomans Commander of the Faithful Successor of the Prophet of the Universe | |
 Mehmed VI | |
| Ottoman Sultan | |
| 3 July 1918 – 1 November 1922 | |
| 4 June 1918 | |
| Predecessor | Mehmed V |
| Successor | Sultanate abolished |
| Grand Viziers | See list |
| Caliph of Islam | |
| 3 July 1918 – 19 November 1922 | |
| Coronation | None |
| Predecessor | Mehmed V |
| Successor | Abdulmejid II |
| Born | 14 January 1861 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 16 May 1926 (aged 65) Sanremo, Italy |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | Emine Nazikedâ Marjim-Abaza Kadın Efendi Inshira Kadın Efendi Sadiye Mevedett Kadın Efendi Nevare Kadın Efendi Nimit Nevzad Kadın Efendi |
| Issue | Münire Sultan Fatma Ulviye Sultan Rukiye Sabiha Sultan Hanım Efendi Şehzade Ertuğrul Mehmed Efendi |
| House | Osman |
| Father | Abdulmejid I |
| Mother | Gülüstü Sultan |
| Religion | Islam |
| Signature |  |
Mehmed VI Media
Ekim 1909 tarihli Resimli Kitab dergisinde Şehzade Vahdettin
Title: Sultan Mehmed VI*Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Mehmed VI arrives in Malta on a British warship, 9 December 1922. On the left, 10-year-old Prince Mehmed Ertuğrul Efendi
Mehmed VI's grave in the cemetery of Sulaymaniyya Takiyya in Damascus
Departure of the Mehmed VI from Dolmabahçe Palace after the abolition of monarchy, 1922
Photograph of Mehmed VI by Sébah & Joaillier, c. 1920
A portrait of Mehmed VI, from before 1923
Notes
- ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911), The Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 7,
Constantinople, the capital of the Turkish Empire
. - ↑ Britannica, Istanbul Archived 2007-12-18 at the Wayback Machine:When the Republic of Turkey was founded in 1923, the capital was moved to Ankara, and Constantinople was officially renamed Istanbul in 1930.
- ↑ Freely, John, Inside the Seraglio, 1999, Chapter 16: The Year of Three Sultans.
More reading
- Fromkin, David, 1989. A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East ISBN 0-8050-0857-8
Other websites
Media related to Mehmed VI at Wikimedia Commons
Mehmed VI Born: 14 January 1861 Died: 16 May 1926
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| Regnal titles | ||
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| Preceded by Mehmed V |
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire 3 July 1918 – 1 November 1922 |
Succeeded by Sultanate abolished |
| Sunni Islam titles | ||
| Preceded by Mehmed V |
Caliph of Islam 3 July 1918 – 19 November 1922 |
Succeeded by Abdülmecid II |