Background
He is the eldest son of Prince (Şehzade) Osman Selaheddin Osmanoğlu and his wife Athena Joy Vassib née, Christoforides. He is the great-great-great-grandson of Sultan Murad V, 33rd Sovereign of the House of Osman through his grandfather Prince (Şehzade) Ali Vasıb Efendi, 41st Head of the Imperial House of Osman, and also the great-great-grandson of Sultan Mehmed V Reşad Han Gazi, 35th Sovereign of the House of Osman (the former ruling house of the historical Ottoman Empire), through his grandmother Princess Emine Mükbile Sultan.
