Naz Osmanoglu

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| birth_name = Nazım Ziyaeddin Nazım Osmanoğlu

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|9|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Pembury, Kent, England

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| parents = Mehmed Ziyaeddin Osmanoğlu (father)

| medium = Stand-up, television, radio

| nationality = {{hlist|English|Turkish}}

| active = 2004–present

| genre = Social satire
Observational comedy
Absurdist humour

| subject = Television, everyday life, celebrities, Comedy

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| notable_work = WitTank, Stand-Up, Flat News, Russell Howard's Good News, How Do They Do It Narrator

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Şehzade Nazım Ziyaeddin Nazım Osmanoğlu (born 24 September 1985), known professionally as Naz Osmanoglu, is an Anglo-Turkish comedian and member of the Imperial House of Osman, former ruling dynasty of the Ottoman Empire.{{cite web|author=Star Gazete|title=Sarayda yaşamayan stand up'çı prens|url=http://mobil.stargazete.com/pc/pazar/sarayda-yasamayan-stand-up-ci-prens-haber-377881.htm|access-date=2011-10-13|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315073307/http://mobil.stargazete.com/pc/pazar/sarayda-yasamayan-stand-up-ci-prens-haber-377881.htm|archive-date=2012-03-15}}{{cite web|author=Sabah|title=Osmanlı Hanedanı vakıf çatısı altında toplanıyor|url=http://www.sabah.com.tr/fotohaber/gundem/osmanli_hanedani_vakif_catisi_altinda_toplaniyor?tc=20&albumId=20541&page=20|access-date=2011-10-07|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325000356/http://www.sabah.com.tr/fotohaber/gundem/osmanli_hanedani_vakif_catisi_altinda_toplaniyor?tc=20&albumId=20541&page=20|archive-date=2012-03-25}}{{cite web |author=The British Comedy Guide|title=Naz Osmanoglu: 1000% Awesome.|website=British Comedy Guide |url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/fringe/2011/naz_osmanoglu/|access-date=2011-10-07}}

Personal

Osmanoglu studied English literature at Durham University (Van Mildert College), graduating in 2008. He was a member of The Durham Revue alongside Nish Kumar.{{cite journal |title=Spotlight on the Durham Revue |journal=Durham First |date=2013 |issue=34 |page=25 |url=https://issuu.com/durhamfirst/docs/dug2695_durham_first_34_aw2_pp/25 |access-date=3 August 2019 |language=en}}

Comedy

Osmanoglu was the winner of the 2009 "Amused Moose Laugh Off", runner-up in "So You Think You're Funny" in 2009, and member of sketch trio "WitTank", which featured on the BBC Three stand up and sketch series Live at the Electric.{{cite web |author=Fest Mag|title=Naz Osmanoglu: 1000% Awesome|url=http://www.festmag.co.uk/reviews/100460-naz_osmanoglu_1000_awesome|access-date=2011-10-07}} He also made an appearance in Russell Howard's Good News. He appeared in "Flat TV", a short online comedy series for BBC Three, with flatmate Tom Rosenthal. Recently, he has done stand-up shows, titled "1000% Awesome" and "Ottoman Without an Empire", appearing at the Edinburgh Festival with both, as well as many gigs throughout the UK & Europe, and also in California.

In 2015, he visited Turkey, the home of his ancestors, for the first time. During his stay he visited the Dolmabahçe Palace where his grandfather Şehzade Cengiz Nazim was born. He also held three different standup shows that were well received by the Turkish audience.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-comedy-ottoman-idUSKCN12P1PW|title=Ottoman prince visits former realm to spread laughter|date=2016-10-25|work=Reuters|access-date=2017-04-21}}

Ancestry

Osmanoglu's father, Mehmed Ziyaeddin, is an Imperial Prince of the Ottoman Empire and a member of the non-reigning Imperial House of Osman. There is no real reference to the direct lineage of his father. His mother is of English origins from Kent, where the family lives.{{cite web|author=London is Funny|title=The Spotlight on ... Naz Osmanoglu|url=http://www.londonisfunny.com/features/22526/The_Spotlight_on_..._Naz_Osmanoglu|access-date=2011-10-07|url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315055703/http://www.londonisfunny.com/features/22526/The_Spotlight_on_..._Naz_Osmanoglu |archive-date=2012-03-15}}{{cite news | url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/i-paid-4-50-to-get-in-uks-ottoman-prince-returns-to-palace-wg8vkzzcg | title='I paid £4.50 to get in': UK's Ottoman prince returns to palace | last1=Istanbul | first1=Louise Callaghan }}

Full style

His Imperial Highness The Prince (Şehzade) Nazım Ziyaeddin Nazım Osmanoğlu, Imperial Prince of the Ottoman Empire, Member of the House of Osman

Osmanoglu is 16th in line to become the Head of the Imperial House of Osman. The Ottoman Empire was succeeded by the Republic of Turkey in 1923 after the monarchy was abolished the previous year; the members of the royal Ottoman ({{langx|tr|Osmanlı}}) family were initially exiled to Europe. Osmanoglu uses his everyday nickname "Naz" and his last name (without the modern Turkish diacritic ğ) as his personal, professional, and stage name, being known simply as Naz Osmanoglu.