 As the former Ottoman Sultan Mehmed VI Vahideddin had settled in San Remo, many members of the family congregated in the South of France.After living in Switzerland for a short time, the last Caliph of Islam, Imperial Prince ("Şehzade") Abdulmecid II, also moved to the French Riviera, settling in Nice.The Turkish Republic had issued the exiled Ottoman family members with travel documents but they were only valid for one year.