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Ottoman dynasty

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Noun1.Ottoman dynasty - the Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I
dynasty - a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family


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Ertugrul Osman, who has died aged 97, was, the man who would have been the 45th head of the continent-spanning Ottoman dynasty, founded by Osman I in 1299, had events been otherwise.
He put an end to the antiquated Ottoman dynasty whose tale had lasted more than six centuries - and created the Republic of Turkey in 1923, establishing a new government truly representative of the nation's will.
He is credited with building a modern republic out of the collapse of the Ottoman dynasty.
 
 
 
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