Prince Sabahaddin was one of the founders of the short-lived Ottoman Liberty Party.
10 Facts About Prince Sabahaddin
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Prince Sabahaddin established the League for Private Initiative and Decentralization in 1902.
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Prince Sabahaddin's father was Mahmud Celaleddin Pasha, the son of Grand Admiral Damat Gurcu Halil Rifat Pasha.
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Sultanzade Prince Sabahaddin had a versatile education at the Ottoman palace.
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Prince Sabahaddin fled in late 1899 with his brother and father, who had fallen out with Abdul Hamid II, first to Great Britain, then to Geneva, the center of opposition to the Ottoman Sultan.
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Prince Sabahaddin received support in the cause of the Young Turks.
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In 1919, Prince Sabahaddin returned to Istanbul in the hope of realising his political vision, but was ultimately banned in 1924 by the victorious Turkish National Movement under Mustafa Kemal.
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In 1952, Sultanzade Prince Sabahaddin's remains were transferred to Istanbul and buried in the mausoleum of his father and grandfather.
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Prince Sabahaddin brought Bennett into the world of spirituality by encouraging him to read Les Grands Inities by Edouard Schure.
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Prince Sabahaddin had introduced Bennett to an English woman living in Turkey, Winifred "Polly" Beaumont, whom Bennett later married.