Osman II was deposed and strangled by the Janissaries in 1622 after attempting to break their political stranglehold — one of the few Ottoman sultans killed by his own military. His appearance on a circulating bimetallic lira is part of a Turkish Mint series honoring Ottoman rulers, a project that says as much about modern Turkey's relationship with its imperial past as it does about the sultans themselves.
Osman II was deposed and strangled by the Janissaries in 1622 after attempting to break their political stranglehold — one of the few Ottoman sultans killed by his own military. His appearance on a circulating bimetallic lira is part of a Turkish Mint series honoring Ottoman rulers, a project that says as much about modern Turkey's relationship with its imperial past as it does about the sultans themselves.