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Written by
Ylmaz ahin
zen Yula (36)
Nket Bak (121)
Sevgi Ylmaz (23)
Directed by
M. aatay Tosun (31)
Mert Baykal (130)
Yaz Alp Akaydn (130)
Zeynep Gnay Tan (1)
Deniz Kolo (1)
Starring
Nurgl Yeilay
Beren Saat
Anastasia Tsilimpiou
Ekin Ko
Metin Akdlger
Hlya Avar
Aytekin Ata
Country of origin
Turkey
Original language(s)
Turkish
No. of seasons
No. of episodes
37
Production
Producer(s)
Timur Savci
Running time
120-155 min.
Production company(s)
Tims Productions
Release
Original network
Star TV (20152016)
FOX (2016)
Picture format
1080i (HDTV)
576i (16:9 SDTV)
Audio format
Stereo
Original release
Preceded by
Muhteem Yzyl
External links
Website
Production website
Muhteem Yzyl: Ksem (Turkish pronunciation: [muhtem jyzjl csem], English: The
Magnificent Century: Ksem) is a Turkish television sequel to the 2011 Turkish television period
drama Muhteem Yzyl. Written by Ylmaz ahin, it recounts the life of Mahpeyker Ksem Sultan, a
slave girl who became one of the most powerful women in Ottoman history after she was captured
and sent to the harem of Sultan Ahmed I.[1]
The first episodes of the series were filmed in Chios, Greece.[2] An excerpt of the show was screened
in Cannes, France at the annual international television festival MIPCOM about a month before its
official premiere on Star TV on November 12, 2015.[3][4] It was later transferred to FOX for its second
season.
Contents
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1Plot
o
1.1Season 1
1.2Season 2
2Series overview
3Characters
o
3.1Major characters
3.2Supporting characters
4International broadcasts
5References
6External links
Plot[edit]
Season 1[edit]
Ahmed is an Ottoman prince, son of Sultan Mehmed III and Handan Sultan. He laments for the loss
of his elder brother Mahmud, who was executed on the order of Sultan Mehmed, after a seer
predicted his ascension to the throne. His father, fearing a coup d'tat to dethrone him, executed
Mahmud. The intrigues of Safiye Sultan were also a possible reason for Mahmud's death, as
Mahmud's intimacy for his mother Halime Sultan proved a threat to Safiye's status as Valide Sultan.
Unforeseen, Sultan Mehmed III also dies, clearing the way for Ahmed to ascend to the Ottoman
throne.
Meanwhile, in Tinos (modern day Greece) Anastasia (also referred as Nasya), is a 13-year old
Greek girl who lives an idyllic life with her father Enzo, her mother, and her younger sister.
Previously, she was painted with a lamb in her hands. This portrait is delivered to Safiye Sultan, who
presents it as a gift to her grandson Sultan Ahmed I. Due to the impression made on him, Safiye
Sultan orderes the girl to be brought to Topkapi Palace. On the road to Istanbul, Anastasia spots
Iskander, a young trainee in the Janissary cadet school, run by Zlfikar Aa, who vows to Anastasia
that he will return her to her family and her homeland. Once they arrive at Topkapi, Cennet Hatun
begins lecturing Anastasia on palace etiquette and courtesy. But Anastasia swore she would return
to her homeland at all costs. While wandering the palace, she discovers a mysterious passageway
leading to a secret garden, and there she first sees Sultan Ahmed. Ahmed introduces himself with a
different name, and soon Anastasia starts having feelings for Ahmed. The other harem concubines,
envious of Anastasia's beauty, start telling false tales to Anastasia, making her believe the sultan
eats young girls' hearts. Anyhow, Anastasia is later taken to the sultan, who is bitten in his fist by
Anastasia. But as soon as she looks up and discovers who he is, she is no longer afraid anymore.
Meanwhile Halime Sultan runs away with her children, Dilruba and Mustafa, to save the latter from
execution and eventually have him ascending to the throne. They are caught though and Mustafa is
spared at the very last moment.
Believing Safiye Sultan is behind a conspiracy to replace him with his brother Mustafa as sultan,
Ahmed decides to banish Safiye from the palace, and to deprive her off her wealth and authority.
Fahriye Sultan's relationship with Mehmed Giray is exposed to the audience, with ahin Giray
revealing his intentions of ending the Ottoman line and becoming the sole sultan. Safiye suggests a
marriage between Dervish Pasha and Fahriye Sultan to Ahmed. After Mehmed Giray and Fahriye's
relationship becomes known to the sultan, Mehmed is sentenced to death, but the sultan spares him
after he hears Sahin Giray's plead. Not long after, ahin instructs Fahriye to poison her nephews
Ahmed and Mustafa. Fahriye agrees, doing it in order to preserve her affair with Mehmed. Handan
blames Anastasia and has her tortured.
Blbl Aa finds out that Sultan Ahmed's malady isn't poison, but pox. Riots take place when the
locals discover what is happening. Hope emerges at the face of Ahmed's concubine Rasha, who is
found to be pregnant but Halime has the girl attacked by bandits while being sent to safety. Safiye,
fearing the end of the three century old Ottoman dynasty, encourages the rest of the family to leave
the palace with her. Anastasia, willing to stay with Ahmed, is reluctant. She stands in front of the
rebels and admonishes them for abandoning their sultan in the times when he most needs them.
They reply by calling her a witch then shoot her with a rifle. The bullet does not harm her, but lands
on her locket. Later, Anastasia visits a sorceress, who gives her a cure to Ahmed's pox. In return,
Anastasia is told that she will walk a road filled with blood, she will see all the people she loves die
before her eyes. Halime Sultan also applies sorcery to cure Mustafa's malady.
Everything turns normal, and Anastasia's name is changed to Ksem which means pioneer. She
then converts to Islam. Safiye asks Ksem to convince Ahmed to let her remain in the palace, but
Ksem refuses, saying that she should have stood by Sultan Ahmed when he needed them. This
marks the beginning of Ksem and Safiye's animosity.
Handan Sultan orders her guards to execute Sehzade Mustafa. Ksem, who coincidentally happens
to be with the Sehzade, prevents them from killing him. She doesn't, however, tell the Sultan about
Handan's crime due to Handan's position as Ksem's ally against Safiye. At the same time, Ahmed
leads the assault against the bandits and saves Rasha.
Enzo, Ksem's father is kidnapped and taken hostage by Safiye's guards. She uses this to blackmail
Ksem into telling the Sultan about Handan's crime, and convincing him to keep her in Topkapi.
Sultan Ahmed banishes his mother to the Old Palace (also known as "Eski Saray" or "Palace of
Tears"). Safiye and Ahmed's relationship eventually starts recovering. Safiye, however, does not
keep her promise and kills Enzo. Ksem is enraged and vows for revenge.
Cennet Hatun's love affair with one of the palace guards becomes known to the sultan, who orders
her execution. While Cennet is in her prison cell, Ksem asks her about Safiye's secret, vowing to
release her if she tells her what it is. Cennet is silent in the hope that Safiye will come and rescue
her. All Cennet utters is that the secret is about Fahriye Sultan before Blbl arrives, demanding her
release by Safiye Sultan. As Ksem probes into Safiye's secret, she is aided by Halime Sultan who
informs Ksem that the people who burnt Cennet's face were loyal to Safiye. Ksem takes
advantage of this point to make Cennet tell her Safiye's secret and to change her allegiance. Rasha,
renamed Mahfiruze, gives birth to a son named Osman.
Ksem warns Safiye that she has only one day to pack all her belongings and leave for the Eski
Saray, otherwise Ksem will inform the sultan about everything. Safiye agrees, asking only that she
get the manuscript proving Fahriye's treason. The next morning, all the harem is alarmed at Safiye
Sultan's departure. As she is on her carriage accompanied by Blbl and Cennet, Cennet hands her
the manuscript. Safiye is shocked that the manuscript is plain and contains no writing, meaning
Ksem had tricked her and kept the real manuscript for herself. Cennet announces her allegiance to
Ksem, and leaves the carriage feeling satisfied at taking her vengeance.
Ksem finds out that she is pregnant. Sultan Ahmed hands Ksem the crown of Hrrem Sultan,
showing his love and respect for her. After this, Ksem blurts out Safiye's secret to Ahmed, which
infuriates him. Dervish Pasha, Fahriye's husband, is blackmailed by his wife into helping her hide in
a dargah, called Darul Aman (House of Protection), whose owner prohibits any forms of violence
within its walls, including that commanded by the Sultan. Fahriye takes asylum in that house.
Sultan Ahmed asks his mother Handan Sultan to return to the palace, which pleases her very much.
Months pass and Ksem bears a son named Mehmed. When Mehmed Giray visits Fahriye, she
admits to him that she hates him. As a result, Mehmed begins working with Ksem Sultan to lure
Fahriye out of the religious house, so the guards may take her to the Sultan's justice. They succeed
in hatching this plan, and Fahriye is taken to the Sultan, who spares her for the sake of the royal
family's reputation. He later exposes his true intentions when he assigns Dervish the task of
punishing her. Whilst he and Fahriye are enjoying a meal and red wine, blood begins pouring down
Fahriye's nose, indicating that the wine must have been poisoned. Fahriye dies in Dervish's arms.
Safiye is left heartbroken, and vows to take down Sultan Ahmed from the throne.
Sultan Ahmed leaves for his military campaign against Safavid Persia. During this time, Safiye
orders Ahmed's assassination and buys the loyalties of the pashas and the janissaries, who storm
the palace at night, and kill many, including Mahfiruze Sultan; however Ksem escapes execution
with the help of Zlfikar and Blbl Aa. Safiye then orders that Mustafa be brought to her and he is
clothed and tidied in the morning, ready for the sword girding ceremony. But just before Mustafa is
declared sultan, Ahmed arrives from campaign, having survived the murder attempt thanks to
Dervish. He incarcerates Safiye in the Maiden's Tower, and strips her off all her power. Then, he
decides as a ruler to execute his brother in order to secure his crown, but later spares Mustafa and
instead has him put in confinement.
Hmaah Sultan, Safiye Sultan's eldest daughter, arrives from Egypt. Not long after, Ksem is told
by Mehmed Giray about the truth of Dervish and his role in the assassination of Sultan Mehmed III.
Meanwhile, Halime Sultan exposes the truth of Handan Sultan and Dervish Pasha's love
relationship, making Handan vulnerable. The secret of Dervish Pasha's involvement in Sultan
Mehmed III's death is revealed to Ahmed, who kills Dervish himself. Handan Sultan later commits
suicide, fearing that her secret has been told to her son. After Handan's death, Hmaah Sultan is
given the leadership of the harem.
Sultan Ahmed orders the release of Safiye from the Maiden's Tower, due to her aid in rescuing
Ksem from the bandits. Hmaah resignates from her role, due to Ksem Sultan's intrigues. Later,
the former is informed by Blbl that her long lost brother, the lost prince of the Ottoman dynasty, is
Iskander. Safiye and Hmaah conceal this truth for over eleven years, during which time Ksem
consolidates her power and bears seven more children, Zlfikar and Hmaah marry and Iskender
assumes the post of Hasodaba (chamberlain of the Sultan). Ahmed,who has also sired a son,
Bayezid, on a third woman, Glbahar, decides to release Mustafa, who unbeknownst to everyone
has become mentally unstable over time, while Safiye plans to poison Sultan Ahmed in order to clear
the path for her own prince. She succeeds, and Sultan Ahmed, already suffering from stomach
problems, is eventually told he has less than a fortnight to live.
In a moment of haste, Hmaah informs Zlfikar about Iskander's secret, and he in return informs
Ksem Sultan. Ksem, fearing for her children's fate after her spouse's death, informs Sultan
Ahmed, who orders Iskander's execution. Meanwhile, Halime Sultan and Menekse organise the
wedding of Dilruba Sultan to the grand vizier Halil Pasha, but she defies them and marries Davud
Pasha.
Sultan Ahmed learns that his disease is progressing, and asks that he be legally married to Ksem
before his death. A few days after Dilruba's wedding, Sultan Ahmed dies due to abdominal pain.
Ksem Sultan then aids ehzade Mustafa in gaining the crown, however Halime and Dilruba turn
against her, banishing her to the Eski Saray. In the meantime, Iskender, having been spared by
Zlfikar reunites with his mother and they plot to seize power and exact revenge.
After realising her mistake, Ksem plans a coup d'tat to dethrone Sultan Mustafa and replace him
with her stepson ehzade Osman. Ksem uses Mustafa's weak mental state in order to justify her
actions. Halime Sultan, seeing Ksem's children as a threat to her authority, orders them to be
executed. Ksem arrives just in time to save her children, and then orders the janissaries to throw
Mustafa in prison, and send Halime to the Old Palace. Then, Osman ascends to the throne as
Osman II, but he refuses to end Ksem's exile at the Eski Saray, due to her role in Mustafa's
ascension and later executes her eldest son Mehmed who he believed, because of Safiye and his
tutor's intrigues, the janissaries saw as a likely heir to the throne.
Destraught, Ksem Sultan plans to dethrone Osman, while at the same time she repays Safiye by
collaborating with Zlfikar to apparently kill Iskender. This event causes Safiye to commit suicide;
dying, she admits her defeat to Ksem and gifts her with Hrrem Sultan's emerald ring. Eventually
Osman's plans to replace the janissaries with a more loyal army proved to be the primary motive to
his abashment, masterminded by Davud and during which Cennet and Zlfikar are killed, and
subsequent incarceration and strangulation, thus enabling Mustafa's second reign to begin.
Hmaah leaves the capital forever. Ksem, having reconciled with her stepson but failed to save
him,is immensely anguished by his loss, and decides to annihilate all her rivals. Thus, she orders her
allegiants to dispatch Halime, Dilruba and Davud, then imprison Mustafa again, viewing his
psychologically disturbed condition not a threat to her rule. She then prepares to enthrone her eldest
living son Murad to the Ottoman throne, thus inheriting the position of Valide Sultan, declaring
herself the official regent to the crown, and gaining her prestige as the most formidable, influential,
and powerful sultana in the Ottoman history.
Season 2[edit]
Ksem has been the all-powerful Valide Sultan and regent to her son Sultan Murad IV for nearly a
decade,when the military unrest causes the latter to deprive her of her authority and the two
clash.The control of the state fully in his hands, Murad sets his plans of restoring the empire to the
times of prosperity and conquest and checking corruption in motion. At the same time, Hungarian
princess Farya Bethlen seeks refuge at the Ottoman court and the instant attraction between her
and the Sultan causes reactions. A strain is also put on Murad's relationship with his sister
Gevherhan after the execution of her husband, as well as in hers with their mother, when she
eventually opts for love instead of power games. Their half-brother and Crown Prince, Bayezid,
though loyal himself to the sultan, is drawn in conflict too, due to the ambitions of his mother,
Glbahar, who has been long obscured by Ksem;all the while the other princes' and infidels'
agendas remain unknown and anti-Ottoman sentiments and plans resurface in the West.
Series overview[edit]
Season
Timeslot
Thursday
20:00
Friday
Season premiere
Season
finale
No. of
episodes
Section
range
Season's
years
TV
Channel
30
1-30
2015
2016
Star TV
31-
2016
FOX
20:00
Characters[edit]
Major characters[edit]
Actor name
Role name
Explanation
Nurgl Yeilay
Beren Saat
Seasons
2-
Mahpeyker Ksem
Sultan
Anastasia
Tsilimpiou
Metin Akdlger
2Sultan Murad IV
aan Efe Ak
Farah Zeynep
Abdullah
Farya Bethlen
Yiit Uan
2-
2ehzade Bayezid
Berk Pamir
Asl Tandoan
2Gevherhan Sultan
Leyla Feray
Aye Sultan
2-
Ece emiolu
Atike Sultan
Hlya Avar
Safiye Sultan
Ekin Ko
Sultan Ahmed I
Tlin zen
Handan Sultan
Aslhan Grbz
Halime Sultan
Vildan Atasever
Hmaah Sultan
Glcan Arslan
Fahriye Sultan
Berk Cankat
skender/ehzade
Yahya
Caner Cindoruk
Silahtar Mustafa
Pasha
2-
Erkan Kolak
Kstendil
Kadir Doulu
2-
Mete
Horozolu[5]
Zlfikar Pasha
Mehmet
Kurtulu
Dervi Mehmed
Pasha
yk Karayel
1
Dilruba Sultan
Melisa Ilayda
Ozcanik
Boran Kuzum
1
Sultan Mustafa I
Alihan
Trkdemir
Taner lmez
Sultan Osman II
Burak Dakak
ehzade Mehmed
Mustafa
stnda
Esra
Dermancolu
Cennet Hatun
Nadir Sarbacak
Blbl Aa
Hac Aa
1-
Hakan ahin
ahin Sekman
Supporting characters[edit]
Actor name
Role name
Explanation
Doa Yldz
2ehzade Kasm
Eymen Kaan
Rdvan Aybars
Dzey
Seasons
ehzade Ibrahim
Glbahar Sultan
Sibel Taolu
2-
2-
Aya Kuru
eyma Burcu
Gl
2Meleki Hatun
Ahsen Erolu
smail Demirci
Kemanke Kara
Mustafa Pasha
2-
Engin Benli
Sinan Pasha
2-
Necip Memili
Evliya elebi
2-
Ushan akr
Hezrfen Ahmed
elebi
2-
ener Sava
Halil Pasha
1-
Murat Atik
Cornelius
2-
Burcu Gl
Kazbek
Madam
2-
dil Yener
Lalezar Kalfa
2-
Asil
Bykzelik
Ladikli Bayram
Pasha
Cengiz
Okuyucu
Tabanyass
Mehmed Pasha
2-
Metin Belgin
Ahizade Hseyin
Efendi
eyhlislam efendi
2-
emsi nkaya
Zekeriyazade
Yahya Efendi
Mustafa
Krantepe
Beynam Aa
2-
Dilara Aksyek
Mahfiruze Sultan
Beste Kkdemir
Meleksima Sultan
Bahar Selvi
Akile Hanm
2-
2-
Sude Zulal
Gner
Aye Sultan
Balim
Gayebayrak
Fatma Sultan
Cihan nal
Kuyucu Murad
Pasha
Tolga Tuncer
Nasuh Pasha
Muhammed
Uzuner
Aziz Mahmud
Hdayi
Ebru nl
Eycan Hatun
Eylem Yldz
Meneke Hatun
Ahmet Varl
Pinhan Aa
Sasha Perera
Glge Hatun
Emre Eril
Reyhan Aa
Nurinisa
Yldrm
Dudu Hatun
International broadcasts[edit]
Country
Turkey
Local title
Network
Premiere date
Star TV (season 1)
FOX (season 2)
-
Hareem-el
Sultan: El Sultana
Arab League
Koosoom
January 1, 2016
September 4, 2016 (Dubai
one)
20:00
Indonesia
SCTV
1 January 2016
20:00[6]
Kosovo
RTV21
20:00
Poland
TVP1
18:40
Iran
Mah Peykar
GEM TV
23:00
Lithuania
LNK
September 4, 2016
Sunday
Lebanon
-
Hareem-el Sultan: El Sultana
Koosoom
Al Jadeed
September 5, 2016
Georgia
Rustavi 2
19:50
Tunisia
-
Hareem-el Sultan: El Sultana
Koosoom
Nessma TV
20:50
Hungary
A szultna
TV2
Tuesday
Estonia
Sajandi valitsejanna
Kanal 2
Saturda
Kazakhstan
7 Channel
21:50
Afghanistan
1TV
20:00
Pakistan
(Kosem Sultan)
Urdu 1[8][9]
Monday
21:00
Albania
TV Klan
January, 2017
Chile
Kosem, la sultana
(The sultan Kosem)
Canal 13 (Chile)
January 3, 2017[10][11]
22:30
Russia
.
Magnificent Century. Empire of
Kosem
Domashniy
January 7, 2017
Saturda
References[edit]
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10. Jump up^ 13, Tele. "Sucesora de El sultn ya tiene fecha de estreno
en las pantallas de Canal 13". https://www.facebook.com/teletrece (in
Spanish). Retrieved 2016-12-28. External link in |website= (help)
11. Jump up^ "Kosem | 13.cl". Canal 13 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-1228.
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