Abdulhamid II

Several people, including Native Americans, have emerged claiming to be legal inheritors of Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an was welcomed during a ceremony on April 10 with the "New Turkey Anthem" performed by an Ottoman military band, which praised him as "Our Leader."

An Ottoman medal, which was once presented by a sultan to the wife of a British ambassador in Turkey, will be auctioned in Istanbul soon, according to semi-official Anadolu Agency.

Eleven of 32 applicants claiming to be descendants of Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II (1842-1918) might be telling the truth, a preliminary expert report has revealed, possibly opening the way for the applicants to demand the sultan’s heritage including several palaces and squares in Istanbul, as well as oil basins in Mosul and Kirkuk.

Eleven of 32 applicants claiming to be descendants of Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II might be telling the truth, a preliminary expert report has revealed, possibly opening the way for the applicants to demand the sultan’s heritage, which reportedly includes several palaces and squares in Istanbul, as well as oil basins in Mosul and Kirkuk.

Can a city be defined by fakery? Here, I am not talking about politics, which could easily be added to the list when talking about “ultimate fakes.” I am talking about the reality, or hyper-reality. Driving in and around Ankara is to live inside a hyper-reality alla Turca.