Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkerim
| Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkerim | |
|---|---|
Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkerim in childhood with his half-sister, Nemika Sultan | |
| Born | 26 June 1906 Yıldız Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey) |
| Died | 3 August 1935 (aged 29) New York City, New York County, New York, United States |
| Burial | |
| Spouse |
Nimet Hanım (m. 1930) |
| Issue | |
| House | Ottoman |
| Father | Şehzade Mehmed Selim |
| Mother | Nilüfer Hanım |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkerim Efendi (Ottoman Turkish: شهزادہ محمد عبدالکریم, also Mehmed Abdülkerim Osmanoğlu; 26 June 1906 – 3 August 1935) was an Ottoman prince, the son of Şehzade Mehmed Selim and Nilüfer Hanım. He was the grandson of Abdul Hamid II and Bedrifelek Kadın. In the last few years of his life he was endorsed by the Japanese, who counted on his prestige as an Ottoman prince, to instigate a rebellion by local Turkic Muslims in East Turkestan against the Chinese government. After the failure of the uprising and being abandoned by his Japanese sponsors, Abdülkerim went into exile in the United States, and committed suicide in New York in 1935.