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Sultan Mehmed Vahideddin was the youngest of the sons of Sultan Abdülmecid. He was born on Jan. 4, 1861, and lost his mother, Gülüstü Kadınefendi, when he was 3 months old and his father a month later. He received special education and attended the Fatih Madrassa. He lived in his mansion in Çengelköy, which was given to him as a gift by Sultan Abdülhamid II. The Turkish Presidency now uses this pavilion.

Left alone with a wreck

Sultan Mehmed Vahideddin became the heir to the throne on Feb. 1, 1916. Together with his aide-de-camp, Mustafa Kemal Pasha, he made official visits to Germany and Austria in 1916 and 1917. He fiercely opposed the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) as they were dragging the country toward a disaster. For this reason, the CUP kept him under constant surveillance; even tried to kill him once but could not succeed. Upon the death of his elder brother Sultan Mehmed V Reşad, on July 4,

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