Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkerim
| Mehmed Abdülkerim Osmanoğlu | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 June 1906 Yıldız Palace, Istanbul |
| Died | 3 August 1935 (aged 29) New York City, United States |
| Burial | New York City |
| Spouse | Nimet Hanım (m. 1930; div. 1931) |
| Issue | Dündar Ali Osman |
| House | Imperial House of Osman |
| Father | Şehzade Mehmed Selim |
| Mother | Nilüfer Hanım |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkerim (27 June 1906 – 3 August 1935) was an Ottoman prince, grandson of the 34th Ottoman sultan, Abdul Hamid II by his third son Şehzade Mehmed Selim. In 1933, Abdul Kerim was invited to Japan by their government, presumably with an eye towards leveraging his status as the Ottoman pretender to aid the Japanese Empire in outreach to Central Asian Muslims in conflict with the Soviet Union.
He was educated at the Galatasaray College, Constantinople.
He married at Aleppo on 24 February 1930 and divorced in 1931 to Nimet Hanım (Damascus, 25 December 1911 – Damascus, 4 August 1981), and had two sons:
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