"Not Quite a Castle, but It's Home
IF the Ottoman Empire were restored, it would make one New York City landlord very happy.
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If the Ottoman Empire were restored, the tenants of a two-bedroom walk-up on Lexington Avenue would be His Imperial Highness Prince Osman Ertugrul of Turkey and Princess Zeynep.
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In Osman and Zeynep's apartment on the third floor above a restaurant, the foyer with huge skylight is used for dining, and two cozy slipcovered couches occupy one corner of the living room, beneath an elaborately framed mirror.
His tenant, Ertugrul Osman, would become the Ottoman sultan — the head of a dynasty that ruled from 1299 to 1924, when the Turkish Republic was established. The job would come with a house in Istanbul, the 285-room Dolmabahce Palace, now a museum."
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