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TIL to prevent civil wars the Ottomans had all heirs to the throne imprisoned in a palace called the "the cage". Due to their isolation, most heirs were unprepared for life and had mental illnesses. Mehmet VI (the last sultan) spent the first 56 years of his life in isolation.

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