Editing Mehmed VI (section)

== Personality ==
Vahdeddin had an optimistic and patient personality according to the testimony of his relatives and employees. He was evidently a kind family man in his palace; outside, and especially at official ceremonies, he would stand cold, frowning and serious, and would not compliment anyone; he attached great importance to religious traditions; he would not tolerate rumors, nor would he allow them to circulate in his palace. Even in his informal conversations, he always attracted attention with seriousness.

The sources in question also state that he was intelligent and quick-grasped, but he was under the influence of his entourage and especially those he believed in, that he had a very evident, unstable and stubborn temperament.<ref name="Mehmed" />

Mehmed VI was talented in literature, music, and calligraphy, a tradition of his family.<ref>{{TDV Encyclopedia of Islam |title=Mehmed VI|last=Küçük|first=Cevdet|url=https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/mehmed-vi|volume=28|page=429}}</ref> His compositions were performed in the palace when he was on the throne. Instead of commissioning his own anthem he signed an edict making his grandfather [[Mahmud II]]'s anthem as the official national anthem of Turkey.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Çetiner |first=Yılmaz |title=Son Padişah Vahideddin}}</ref> The lyrics of the poems he composed while in Taif envision the longing of the country and the pain of not getting the news that they have left behind. He loved to play the [[Saz (musical instrument)|saz]] and [[Qanun (instrument)|qanun]]. Sixty-three works belonging to him can be identified, but only forty works have signatures.<ref name="Mehmed" />