Prince Burhaneddin Cem Efendi (born February 2, 1920 - died October 31, 2008 in New York

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, USA) was the heir apparent

Heir apparent

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 to the headship of the Ottoman dynasty

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. He was born at Beşiktaş

Besiktas

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, Istanbul

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 as the son of Prince Ibrahim Tevfik (1874-1931) and his fourth wife Hadice Sadiye Hanim (1898-1986). Prince Burhaneddin was a descendant of Sultan Abdülmecid I

Abdülmecid I

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. He married Irene Starosselskaya of Russian

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–Georgian

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 noble descent

Dmitry Staroselsky

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(born 1928) and has two children, Nilüfer Sultan (born 1953) and Şehzade Selim Efendi (1955).