Sultan Korkut

Şehzade Korkut (c. 1467 or 1469 – 13 March 1513) was an Ottoman prince who was for a short time the regent for the Ottoman throne. Although it is stated that he was born in Amasya in 1467 or 1469, there is no clear record about the year of birth in the sources. He is the son of Bayezid II. In one of his works, he writes his name as Ebülhayr Mehmed Korkut. In official documents, he used only the name Korkut. In 1479 his grandfather Mehmed II sent Korkut to Istanbul with his other brothers to be circumcised.