Background
Remişnaz was born in 1864 in North Caucasus to a Circassian noble family. Born as Fehime, she was daughter of a Bzhedug noble, Hasan Bey.
Remişnaz was born in 1864 in North Caucasus to a Circassian noble family. Born as Fehime, she was daughter of a Bzhedug noble, Hasan Bey.
During the 1864-1867 ethnic cleansing of Circassians, her family emigrated from Caucasus to Istanbul, where Fehime was delivered at the court of the Ottoman Sultan. First, she was given to serve the head of the court and was renamed Remişnaz. Remişnaz returned back to Istanbul.
After the abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate by the Parliament of the Republic of Turkey in 1924, the imperial family went into exile in Nice, France.
She adopted the surname "Topçu" after the 1934 Surname Law, which required all Turkish citizens to adopt a surname. She died in 1934 at Istanbul, twenty years after her return from Bursa.
As but an adjunct member of the Imperial family, Remişnaz was not exiled, and so remained in Turkey.