After Mehmed V's death in 1918, Nevzad and Nesrin moved along with his son Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin, to his palace. She served in the entourage of Safiye Ünüvar's student princesses and had taken the same classes and training as they. Later she became one of the kalfas and went over to Sultan Vahideddin's palace.
However soon, the Sultan Mehmed VI took notice of Nevzad and they married on 1 September 1921 in the Yıldız Palace, Istanbul. No children came of this marriage.
When the Sultan Mehmed VI was deposed, she joined the deposed Sultan in exile in San Remo, Italy. After the death of Mehmed VI, she returned to Istanbul with her sister, publishing her memoir in 1937 under the title Yıldız'dan San Remo'ya.
In 1928 she married secondly captain Ziya Bey Seferoğlu, and took the name Nimet Seferoğlu. The same year she gave birth to a girl Sıdıka Selçuk, followed by a son Şaban Mustafa in 1931.
Nevzad Hanımefendi died in her husband's mansion, near Göksu, Istanbul on 23 June 1992, and was buried in Karacaahmet Cemetery.
After Mehmed V's death in 1918, Nevzad and Nesrin moved along with his son Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin, to his palace. She served in the entourage of Safiye Ünüvar's student princesses and had taken the same classes and training as they. Later she became one of the kalfas and went over to Sultan Vahideddin's palace.
However soon, the Sultan Mehmed VI took notice of Nevzad and they married on 1 September 1921 in the Yıldız Palace, Istanbul. No children came of this marriage.
When the Sultan Mehmed VI was deposed, she joined the deposed Sultan in exile in San Remo, Italy. After the death of Mehmed VI, she returned to Istanbul with her sister, publishing her memoir in 1937 under the title Yıldız'dan San Remo'ya.
In 1928 she married secondly captain Ziya Bey Seferoğlu, and took the name Nimet Seferoğlu. The same year she gave birth to a girl Sıdıka Selçuk, followed by a son Şaban Mustafa in 1931.
Nevzad Hanımefendi died in her husband's mansion, near Göksu, Istanbul on 23 June 1992, and was buried in Karacaahmet Cemetery.
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