 Nuriye Ulviye Yediç was born in 1893 to Safiye Hanım and Mahmut Yediç probably in , Ottoman Empire, though some sources give her birthplace as Syria and others indicate it was in central Turkey in Göreme.Her father was a farmer and was of Circassian heritage having been forced to leave the North Caucasus after the conquest of the Russian Empire.Due to financial setbacks, the family was living in impoverished conditions and sent their daughter to live at the Yıldız Palace at age six.