Åžehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin (son Of Abdulmejid I)
Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin Efendi (; 23 May 1849 – 4 November 1876) was an Ottoman prince, the son of Sultan Abdulmejid I and one of his consorts, Nükhetsezâ Hanım. Early life Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin was born on 23 May 1849 in the Old Beylerbeyi Palace. His father was Sultan Abdulmejid I, son of Sultan Mahmud II and Bezmiâlem Sultan and his mother was Nükhetsezâ Hanım. He had an older full brother, Şehzade Ahmed, and two older full sisters, Aliye Sultan and Nazime Sultan, all of whom died as newborn. After his mother's death in 1850, when he was one year old, he was adopted by another of his father's consorts, Neverser Hanim, who had no children of her own. He was circumcised on 9 April 1857 in the Dolmabahçe Palace, together with his brothers Şehzade Mehmed Reşad (future Mehmed V), Şehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin and Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin (son of Abdulmejid I), Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin. Personal life Burhaneddin married three times and had one son. One of his wives ...
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Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics of Turkey, population of Turkey. Istanbul is among the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest cities in Europe and List of cities proper by population, in the world by population. It is a city on two continents; about two-thirds of its population live in Europe and the rest in Asia. Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus—one of the world's busiest waterways—in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its area of is coterminous with Istanbul Province. Istanbul's climate is Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean. The city now known as Istanbul developed to become one of the most significant cities in history. Byzantium was founded on the Sarayburnu promontory by Greek colonisation, Greek col ...
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