Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem

Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem
Also known as	The Magnificent Century: Kösem
Written by	Yılmaz Şahin Özen Yula Nükhet Bıçakçı Sevgi Yılmaz
Directed by	Çağatay Tosun Mert Baykal Yağız Alp Akaydın Zeynep Günay Tan Deniz Koloş
Starring	Beren Saat Nurgül Yeşilçay Anastasia Tsilimpiou Ekin Koç Tülin Özen Aslıhan Gürbüz Hülya Avşar Vildan Atasever Hande Doğandemir Caner Cindoruk Metin Akdülger Farah Zeynep Abdullah Leyla Feray Berk Cankat Sibel Taşcioğlu Boran Kuzum Burak Dakak Esra Dermancioglu Öykü Karayel
Composer	Aytekin Ataş
Country of origin	Turkey
Original language	Turkish
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	60
Production
Producer	Timur Savci
Running time	120–155 minutes
Production company	Tims Productions
Original release
Network	Star TV (2015–2016) FOX (2016–2017)
Release	12 November 2015 (2015-11-12) – 27 June 2017 (2017-06-27)

Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem (Turkish pronunciation: [muhteˈʃɛm ˈjyzjɯl cøˈsem], Template:Lang-en) is a Turkish television sequel to the 2011 Turkish television period drama Muhteşem Yüzyıl. Written by Yılmaz Şahin, it recounts the life of Mahpeyker Kösem Sultan, a slave girl who became the most powerful woman in Ottoman history after she was captured and sent to the harem of Sultan Ahmed I. Actresses Nurgül Yeşilçay, Beren Saat and Anastasia Tsilimpiou played the titular role in three different ages of her life, while actors Ekin Koç, Boran Kuzum, Taner Ölmez, Metin Akdülger and Tugay Mercan were cast as different sultans of the Ottoman dynasty. Also in the starring cast were actresses Hülya Avşar, Tülin Özen, Leyla Feray, Farah Zeynep Abdullah, Aslıhan Gürbüz and Hande Doğandemir, who played prominent roles of different sultanas in the series.

The first few episodes of the series were filmed in Chios, Greece. 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. It was later transferred to FOX for its second season. Since its broadcast, Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem has been aired in several countries.

Its final episode aired on 27 June 2017. The series' finale marked the end of the six-year Muhteşem Yüzyıl saga.

Plot

Season 1

Ahmed, son of Sultan Mehmed III and Handan Sultan, becomes the ruler of the Ottoman Empire after the execution of his older brother Mahmud, and the unexpected loss of his father, Sultan Mehmed III. When one day, his grandmother, the powerful Safiye Sultan, gives him a portrait of a young girl holding a lamb in her arms, he takes a liking to her, and she personally orders for the girl to be brought to Topkapi Palace. After being captured from her island home of Tinos, Greek-Venetian Anastasia, or Nasya, swears she will return to her homeland at all costs and enlists the help of Austrian janissary trainee Iskender en route to the palace. She meets Ahmed at a palace garden and is charmed by him, however, as he originally conceals his identity. Rising in favour, proud, vivacious and stubborn Anastasia at the same time finds herself in the midst of blossoming palace intrigue between Safiye, Ahmed's mother and new Valide Sultan, Handan Sultan and the late Sultan Mehmed's other consort Halime Sultan, and suffers the jealousy of other concubines and violence.

Soon, Ahmed falls ill with smallpox. It is his aunt, Safiye's daughter Fahriye Sultan who infects both him and his young brother -Halime's younger son Mustafa who was spared execution in a break with custom- in her desperation not to be married off to Ahmed and Handan's favourite Dervish Ağa and be with her love, Crimean prince Mehmed Giray, at the instigation of Mehmed's ambitious brother Şahın. 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 Sultan has the girl attacked by bandits while being sent to safety. Safiye, fearing the end of the three-century-old Ottoman dynasty, plots a new imperial order via Fahriye's marriage to Mehmed Giray and the family's escape from the palace.

Anastasia stubbornly remains at Ahmed's bedside and ultimately faces the rebels and is shot, though the bullet lands on her Ta'wiz. She visits a sorceress, who gives her a cure to Ahmed's pox. The price is that she will walk a road filled with blood, she will see all the people she loves die before her eyes. Everything turns normal and Anastasia's name is then changed to Kösem, which means "sheep leading the herd", indicating her future leadership and intelligence. She also converts to Islam. Safiye asks Kösem to convince Ahmed to let her remain in the palace, but Kösem refuses, saying that she should have stood by Ahmed when he needed them. This marks the beginning of Kösem and Safiye's animosity.

Safiye blackmails Kösem with her father Enzo's life into telling the Sultan about Handan's attempt to kill little Mustafa and convincing him to keep her at court. Ahmed banishes his mother to the Old Palace. Safiye, however, does not keep her promise and kills Enzo. Kösem vows revenge. Fahriye does marry Dervish. Rasha, renamed Mahfiruze, gives birth to a son named Osman.

Kösem learns about Fahriye's crime through Safiye's allegiant Cennet Hatun, whom she wins over, and blackmails Safiye into self-exile at the Old Palace. She also discovers that she is pregnant. Ahmed gifts Kösem the crown of Hürrem Sultan, showing his love and respect for her. Kösem exposes Fahriye who goes in sanctuary. Handan returns to the palace and Kösem later bears a son named Mehmed, while Dervish becomes Grand Vizier. Kösem collaborates with Mehmed Giray, whose love Fahriye ultimately denounced, to capture her; Ahmed orders Dervish to discreetly poison her. Safiye, devastated, swears revenge and allies with Halime.

When Ahmed leaves for his military campaign against Safavid Persia, Safiye orders his assassination and with her loyalists, storms Topkapi Palace, wanting to enthrone Mustafa. Mahfiruze is killed, while Kösem narrowly escapes execution with the help of janissary officer Zülfikar and Safiye's servant Bülbül Ağa. Ahmed arrives in time, having survived the murder thanks to Dervish Pasha. He incarcerates Safiye in the Maiden's Tower and strips her off all her power and wealth. He decides to execute Mustafa to protect his crown, but regrets it and instead separates him from Halime and puts him in confinement. Kösem manages to adopt the orphaned Osman and begins developing a rivalry with Handan.

Hümaşah Sultan, Safiye's eldest daughter, arrives from Egypt. Not long after, Kösem is told by Mehmed Giray about Dervish's role in the assassination of Sultan Mehmed III. Halime meanwhile discovers the truth of Handan and Dervish's feelings for one another. Dervish's involvement in Sultan Mehmed III's death is revealed to Ahmed, who kills Dervish himself. Handan soon commits suicide, in shame and fear that her secret has been told to her son. Hümaşah is given the leadership of the harem in her place, while Kösem gains the allegiance of the cunning chief harem eunuch Haci Ağa. During this time, Ahmed prepares to build a mosque opposite Hagia Sophia. Ahmed is blackmailed by Safiye into releasing her from prison and moving her to the Old Palace, to secure her aid in rescuing Kösem from bandits. Hümaşah resigns from her role, due to Kösem's intrigues. Later, the former is informed by Bülbül that her long lost younger brother, is revealed to be Iskender.

Safiye and Hümaşah both conceal this truth for over eleven years, during which time Kösem consolidates her power and bears seven more children. Zülfikar and Hümaşah marry, and Iskender assumes the post of Hasodabaşı (chamberlain of the Sultan). Ahmed has also sired a son, Bayezid, on a third concubine, Gülbahar. Halime's daughter Dilruba Sultan makes a secret marriage-alliance with Davud Pasha, and Ahmed is eventually convinced to allow the (formal) marriage.

On the occasion of Eid ul Fitr, Ahmed decides to release Mustafa, who unbeknownst to everyone has become mentally unstable over time. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque has been completed. Once again, Safiye attempts to assassinate Ahmed by poisoning him in order to clear the path for her own prince through a concubine. She succeeds and Ahmed, who is already suffering from serious stomach problems, is eventually told he has less than a fortnight to live. Kösem meanwhile has the girl killed, only to find out that she was her sister.

Hümaşah unwillingly informs Zülfikar about Iskender's secret, and he, in turn, informs Kösem who, fearing for her children's fate after her husband's death, convinces Ahmed to order Iskender's execution. With his disease progressing, Ahmed legally marries Kösem and soon dies. Kösem then aids Şehzade Mustafa in gaining the crown to establish a principle of seniority and prevent rivalries among her own sons, however, Halime, along with Dilruba turn against her; banishing her to the Old Palace. In the meantime, Iskender, having been spared by Zülfikar reunites with Safiye and they plot to seize power; he wants revenge from Kösem, whom he loved and supported faithfully since they met, for her cruelty.

Realizing her mistake, Kösem plans a coup d'état to dethrone Sultan Mustafa and replace him with Osman, using Mustafa's weak mental state as justification. Halime, seeing Kösem's sons as a threat, orders them executed, despite Kösem's abduction of Dilruba, but with the unexpected help of Bülbül, Davud and Hümaşah, Kösem saves them and completes her coup, confining Mustafa again, and sending Halime to the Old Palace. Osman ascends to the throne as Osman II, but he refuses to end Kösem's exile at the Old Palace, due to her role in Mustafa's ascension and three years later orders the execution of her eldest son Mehmed, whom he has come to see, due to Safiye and his tutor's scheming, as a threat to his throne.

Distraught, Kösem decides to dethrone Osman, while at the same time she repays Safiye by collaborating with Zülfikar to apparently kill Iskender and his claim with him. This drives Safiye to suicide; dying, she admits her defeat to Kösem and gifts her with Hürrem Sultan's emerald ring. Eventually, Osman's plans to replace the janissaries with a more loyal army prove to be the primary motive to his dethronement, masterminded by Davud and subsequent incarceration and strangulation. Also killed in the chaos are Zülfikar and at Dilruba's instigation, Cennet Hatun. Thus begins Mustafa's second reign. Hümaşah leaves the capital forever.

Kösem, having reconciled with Osman but failed to save him, is immensely anguished by his loss and decides to annihilate all her enemies. Thus, she orders her loyalists to murder Davud -already turned into a scapegoat for Osman's death by Halime- as well as Dilruba and Halime, then imprison Mustafa again after viewing his psychologically disturbed condition not a threat to her rule. She then prepares to enthrone her eldest living son Murad and become herself the new and all-powerful Valide Sultan.

Season 2

Kösem 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. With 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, the Hungarian princess Farya Bethlen seeks refuge at the Ottoman court and the instant attraction between her and the Sultan causes reactions from Kösem and Murad's wife, Ayşe Sultan. 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, Gülbahar, who has been long obscured by Kösem; all the while the other princes' and infidels' agendas remain unknown and anti-Ottoman sentiments and plans resurface in the West.

The second season also introduces the reign of Sultan Ibrahim, the clash between Kösem and her daughter-in-law, Turhan for the title of Vailde Sultan, concluding the series with Kösem's assassination.

Series overview

Season		Timeslot	Season premiere	Season finale	No. of episodes	Section range	TV channel
	1	20:00	12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)	9 June 2016 (2016-06-09)	30	1–30	Star TV
	2	20:00 23:00	18 November 2016 (2016-11-18)	27 June 2017 (2017-06-27)	30	31–60	FOX

Characters

The Imperial Family

Actor name	Character name	Description	Seasons	Character status
Nurgül Yeşilçay	Mahpeyker Kösem Sultan	Haseki Sultan, favourite consort and later legal wife of Sultan Ahmed, mother of the majority of his children. Valide Sultan and regent to two sons and a grandson	2	Major
Beren Saat			1
Anastasia Tsilimpiou
Hülya Avşar	Safiye Sultan	Sultan Murad III's widow, Valide Sultan and mother of Sultan Mehmed III, Ahmed's grandmother	1	Major
Ekin Koç	Sultan Ahmed I	The 14th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, son of Sultan Mehmed III and Handan Sultan	1	Major
Tülin Özen	Handan Sultan	Valide Sultan and mother of Sultan Ahmed, Sultan Mehmed III's widow	1	Major
Aslıhan Gürbüz	Halime Sultan	Sultan Mehmed III's widow, mother of Şehzade Mahmud, Dilruba Sultan and Sultan Mustafa I, Valide Sultan	1	Major
Berk Cankat	İskender/Şehzade Yahya	The adopted son of an Austrian blacksmith and a trainee at the Janissary cadet school, Sultan Murad III and Safiye Sultan's son, Ahmed's uncle,in love with Kösem	1	Major
Vildan Atasever	Hümaşah Sultan	Safiye Sultan and Sultan Murad III's eldest daughter, Ahmed's aunt, Hasan Pasha's and later Zülfikar Pasha's wife/widow	1	Major
Gülcan Arslan	Fahriye Sultan	Safiye Sultan and Sultan Murad III's daughter, Ahmed's aunt, in love with Mehmed Giray, later Dervish Pasha's wife	1	Major
Melisa Ilayda Ozcanik	Dilruba Sultan	Only daughter of Sultan Mehmed III and Halime Sultan, sister of Sultan Ahmed and Sultan Mustafa, wife of Kara Davud Pasha	1	Supporting
Öykü Karayel				Major
Cüneyt Uzunlar	Sultan Mustafa I	The 15th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, son of Sultan Mehmed III and Halime Sultan	2	Supporting
Boran Kuzum			1	Major
Alihan Türkdemir				Supporting
Taner Ölmez	Sultan Osman II	The 16th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, son of Sultan Ahmed and Mahfiruze Sultan, adopted by Kösem	1	Major
			2	Guest appearance
Burak Dakak	Şehzade Mehmed	Sultan Ahmed and Kösem Sultan's firstborn son	1	Major
Dilara Aksüyek	Mahfiruze Sultan	Sultan Ahmed's consort, mother of Sultan Osman II	1	Supporting
Beste Kökdemir	Meleksima Sultan	Favourite consort of Sultan Osman II and mother of Şehzade Ömer	1	Supporting
Bahar Selvi	Akile Hanım	Legal wife of Sultan Osman II, mother of Zeynep Sultan and Şehzade Mustafa	1	Supporting
Sude Zulal Güler	Ayşe Sultan	Sultan Ahmed and Kösem Sultan's firstborn daughter, Nasuh Pasha's widow	1	Supporting
Balim Gayebayrak	Fatma Sultan	Sultan Ahmed and Kösem Sultan's secondborn daughter	1	Supporting
Çağan Efe Ak	Sultan Murad IV	The 17th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Ahmed and Kösem Sultan's secondborn son	1	Supporting
Metin Akdülger			2	Major
Boran Bağcı				Guest appearance
Farah Zeynep Abdullah	Farya Sultan	Sultan Murad IV's legal wife, mother of Şehzade Selim and Şehzade Süleyman, daughter of Transylvanian Prince Gabriel Bethlen and Catherine of Brandenburg	2	Major
Leyla Feray	Ayşe Sultan	Haseki Sultan and consort of Sultan Murad IV, mother of Şehzade Ahmed, Hanzade Sultan and Ismihan Kaya Sultan	2	Major
Ayça Kuru	Gülbahar Sultan	Sultan Ahmed's consort, mother of Şehzade Bayezid	1	Supporting
Sibel Taşçioğlu			2	Major
Berk Pamir	Şehzade Bayezid	Sultan Ahmed's son by Gülbahar Sultan	1	Supporting
Yiğit Uçan			2	Major
Eymen Kaan	Şehzade Kasım	Sultan Ahmed and Kösem Sultan's thirdborn son	1	Supporting
Doğaç Yıldız			2	Major
Çağla Naz Kargı	Gevherhan Sultan	Sultan Ahmed and Kösem Sultan's thirdborn daughter, Topal Recep Pasha's wife/widow, in love with Silahtar Mustafa	1	Supporting
Aslı Tandoğan			2	Major
Ece Çeşmioğlu	Atike Sultan	Sultan Ahmed and Kösem Sultan's fourthborn and youngest daughter, twin to Ibrahim, Silahtar Mustafa Pasha's wife/widow	2	Major
Rîdvan Aybars Düzey	Sultan Ibrahim	The 18th Sultan of Ottoman Empire, Sultan Ahmed and Kösem Sultan's fourthborn and youngest son, twin to Atike Sultan	2	Major
Tugay Mercan
Hande Doğandemir	Turhan Sultan	Haseki Sultan and consort of Sultan Ibrahim, mother of Sultan Mehmed IV and Beyhan Sultan. Valide Sultan and regent to her son after Kösem's death	2	Major
Müge Boz	Hümaşah Sultan	Haseki Sultan, favourite consort and legal wife of Sultan Ibrahim, mother of Șehzade Orhan	2	Supporting
Ece Guzel	Dilaşub Sultan	Haseki Sultan and consort of Sultan Ibrahim, mother of Șehzade Süleyman	2	Supporting
Firuze Gamze Aksu	Muazzez Sultan	Haseki Sultan and consort of Sultan Ibrahim, mother of Șehzade Ahmed	2	Supporting

Statesmen and palace officials

Actor name	Character name	Description	Seasons	Character Status
Mete Horozoğlu	Zülfikar Pasha	Commander of the Istanbul Cadet Janissary Corps, later a vizier and Hümaşah Sultan's husband	1	Major
Mehmet Kurtuluş	Derviş Mehmed Pasha	Sultan Ahmed's mentor and first bodyguard, later becomes Fahriye Sultan's husband and Grand Vizier	1	Major
Mustafa Üstündağ	Kara Davud Pasha	Dilruba Sultan's husband, Grand Vizier during Mustafa I's reign	1	Major
Şahin Sekman	Lala Ömer Efendi	Sultan Osman II's tutor, later Cennet Hatun's husband	1	Major
Cihan Ünal	Kuyucu Murad Pasha	One of the viziers of Ahmed I, becomes the Grand Vizier after the execution of Derviş Mehmed Pasha	1	Supporting
Tolga Tuncer	Nasuh Pasha	Safiye and then Kösem's chief allegiant, later Ayşe Sultan's husband and Grand Vizier	1	Supporting
Şener Savaş	Halil Pasha	Two time Grand Vizier, in service of Kösem Sultan	1–2	Supporting
Engin Benli	Sinan Pasha	One of Sultan Murad IV's viziers, head of Istanbul's Jesuit order after Father Cornelius, in love with Gülbahar	2	Major
İsmail Demirci	Kemankeş Mustafa Pasha	Commander of the Janissary Corps and later Admiral of the Fleet and Grand Vizier, in love with Kösem	2	Major
Caner Cindoruk	Silahtar Mustafa Pasha	Sultan Murad IV's bodyguard and companion, in love with Gevherhan Sultan, later Atike Sultan's husband and second-in-command vizier after the execution of Abaza Mehmed Pasha	2	Major
Metin Belgin	Ahizade Hüseyin Efendi	Şeyhülislam efendi (supreme religious leader)	2	Major
Çağrı Şensoy	Deli Hüseyin Pasha	Former palace halberdier and an allegiant of Sultan Murad and later Kösem Sultan, Admiral of the fleet and third-in-command Vizier	2	Major
Eser Karibil	Emirgüne/ Yusuf Pasha	A former Safavid Persian prince, Sultan Murad's confidant and companion after Silahtar Mustafa's death	2	Major
Emre Başer	Köprülü Mehmed Pasha	One of the viziers of Sultan Ibrahim and Sultan Mehmed, an allegiant of Turhan Sultan	2	Major
Ali Düşenkalkar	Cinci Hüseyin Efendi	Sultan Ibrahim's healer and confidant	2	Major
Şemsi İnkaya	Zekeriyazade Yahya Efendi	Ahizade's predecessor and successor-in-office and a confidant of Sultan Murad	2	Supporting
Ismail Filiz	Abaza Mehmed Pasha	Governor of Bosnia and later second-in-command Vizier, an allegiant of Kösem Sultan	2	Supporting
Asil Büyüközçelik	Ladikli Bayram Pasha	Second-in-command Vizier following Silahtar's death and later the Grand Vizier after Tabanıyassı Mehmed Pasha's demise, an allegiant of Kösem Sultan	2	Supporting
Cengiz Okuyucu	Tabanıyassı Mehmed Pasha	Grand Vizier after the execution of Topal Recep Pasha and an allegiant of Kösem Sultan	2	Supporting

Palace servants and concubines

Actor name	Character name	Description	Seasons	Character status
Hakan Şahin	Hacı Mustafa Ağa	Chief eunuch of the harem after Reyhan Ağa and Handan Sultan's servant who serves Kösem Sultan after Handan's death	1–2	Major
Esra Dermancıoğlu	Cennet Hatun	Safiye Sultan and then Kösem Sultan's servant, chief treasurer of the harem	1	Major
Nadir Sarıbacak	Bülbül Ağa	Safiye Sultan's servant	1	Major
Ebru Ünlü	Eycan Hatun	Kösem Sultan's servant	1	Supporting
Eylem Yıldız	Menekşe Hatun	Halime Sultan's servant, chief treasurer of the harem	1	Supporting
Sasha Perera	Gölge Hatun	Kösem Sultan's confidant and guardian	1	Supporting
Emre Erçil	Reyhan Ağa	Chief eunuch of the harem and an allegiant of Şahin Giray	1	Supporting
Nurinisa Yıldırım	Dudu Hatun	Chief treasurer of the harem, served Handan Sultan	1	Supporting
Gizem Emre	Yasemin Hatun	Sultan Ahmed's concubine and Safiye Sultan's allegiant, Kösem Sultan's sister	1	Supporting
İhsan Önal	Süleyman Ağa	Safiye Sultan's servant, serves in the palace during Osman's reign	1	Supporting
Burcu Gül Kazbek	Melek Hatun/ Madame Marguerite	Farya's governess and servant, after her death Atike Sultan's servant and later chief treasurer of the harem	2	Major
Sezgi Sena Akay	Sanavber Hatun	Sultan Murad's concubine, a Safavid spy and an ally of Sinan Pasha	2	Supporting
İdil Yener	Lalezar Hatun	Kösem Sultan's servant, chief treasurer of the harem	2	Supporting
Ahsen Eroğlu	Meleki Hatun	Kösem Sultan's servant, chief treasurer of the harem	1	Supporting
Șeyma Burcu Gül			2	Supporting
Gümeç Alpay Aslan	Şivekar Hatun	Sultan Ibrahim's concubine	2	Supporting
Gizem Kala	Zarife Hatun	Sultan Ibrahim's concubine, mother of his eldest son Osman	2	Supporting
Fırat Topkorur	Süleyman Ağa	Turhan Sultan's servant	2	Supporting

Otherwise associated to the palace

Actor name	Role name	Description	Seasons	Character status
Erkan Kolçak Köstendil	Şahin Giray	A Crimean lord, Mehmed Giray's brother	1	Major
Kadir Doğulu	Mehmed III Giray	A Crimean lord, Şahin Giray's brother, later the Crimean Khan, in love with Fahriye Sultan	1	Major
Ahmet Varlı	Pinhan Ağa	Şehzade Mustafa's imaginary confidant	1	Supporting
Muhammed Uzuner	Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi	One of the most famous sufi ermiş (Muslim saint) of the Ottoman Empire	1	Supporting
Ozan Ağaç	Cebecibaşı Mansur Ağa	A Janissary leader and one of the key people in dethroning Osman II, an ally of Davud Pasha	1	Supporting
Cenk Suyabatmaz	Kilindir Uğrusu	One of the Janissaries who cooperates with Davud Pasha to dethrone Sultan Osman	1	Supporting
Ferit Kaya	Kara Sait	One of the people who lead the Celali rebels during Ahmed I's reign	1	Supporting
Alma Terzic	Ester Hatun	Kösem Sultan's economic agent (kira), in love with Silahtar	2	Supporting
Necip Memili	Evliya Çelebi	Chronicler and explorer of the time, close friends with Hezarfen, friend of Murad, Silahtar and Kemankeş	2	Supporting
Uşan Çakır	Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi	Polymath, inventor and aviator of the time, close friends with Evliya, friend of Murad, Silahtar and Kemankeş	2	Supporting
Serkan Keskin	Nef'i	Poet and satirist of the time	2	Supporting
Murat Atik	Father Cornelius	Catholic priest, head of Istanbul's Jesuit order and agent of the Pope	2	Supporting

International broadcasts

Country	Local title	Network	Premiere date	Timeslot
Afghanistan	Magnificent Century: Kosem	1TV	October 17, 2016 - 2018 (seasons 1-2)	20:00
Albania	Sulltanesha Kosem	TV Klan	October 17, 2017 - June 26, 2018 (season 1) June 27, 2018 - December 2, 2018 (season 2)	21:00
Algeria	السّلطانة قسم as-Sulṭānah Qusum	OSN Echorouk TV	January 1, 2016 - August 8, 2016 (season 1) January 15, 2017 - August 4, 2017 (season 2) - OSN Ya Hala May 27, 2017 - 2018 - Echorouk TV (seasons 1-2)	20:00
Arab World (20 countries)	حريم السلطان - السلطانة قُسم Hareem-el Sultan: El Sultana Qosum	OSN	January 1, 2016 - August 8, 2016 (season 1) January 15, 2017 - August 4, 2017 (season 2)	20:00
Argentina	Kosem, La Sultana	Telefe	2019	TBA
Bangladesh	সুলতান সুলেমানঃ কোসেম Sultan Suleiman: Kosem	Deepto TV	February 17, 2018 - June 23, 2018 (season 1) June 23, 2018 - November 12, 2018 (season 2)	19:30
Bulgaria	Великолепният век: Кьосем	bTV	June 27, 2017- April 20, 2018 (season 1) April 23, 2018 - July 27, 2018 (season 2)	20:00
Chile	Kosem, La Sultana	Canal 13	January 3, 2017 - April 26, 2017 (season 1) April 27, 2017 - January 1, 2018 (season 2)	22:30
Egypt	السّلطانة قسم as-Sulṭānah Qusum	CBC	November 27, 2016- 2018 (seasons 1-2)
Estonia	Sajandi valitsejanna	Kanal 2 Kanal 11	September 17, 2016 - July 1, 2017 (season 1) July 2, 2017 - December 30, 2017 (43-66 episodes, season 2) - Kanal 2 January 6, 2018 - May 5, 2018 (67-84 episodes, season 2) - Kanal 11	21:35 21:35
Georgia	დიდებული საუკუნე: ქოსემის რისხვა Didebuli saukune: Kosemis riskhva	Rustavi 2	September 12, 2016 - February, 2017 (season 1) February, 2017 - August, 2017 (season 2)	19:50
Greece	Κιοσέμ: Η Σουλτάνα"	Victory TV	February 3, 2016 (seasons 1-2)
Hungary	A szultána	TV2, Izaura TV	September 13, 2016 - February 28, 2017 (season 1) March 7, 2017 - January 27, 2018 (season 2, 85-128 episodes) - TV2 November 9, 2018 - January 3, 2019 (season 2, 129-168 episodes) - Izaura TV	22:00
India	Kosem Sultan	Zee Alwan	2017 - 2018 (seasons 1-2)
Indonesia	Abad Kejayaan 2: Kosem	SCTV	January 1, 2016 - June, 2016 (season 1)	20:00
Iran	ماه‌پیکر Maah Peikar	OSN GEM TV	January 1, 2016 - August 8, 2016 (season 1) January 15, 2017 - August 4, 2017 (season 2) - OSN Ya Hala August 14, 2016 - December 30, 2016 (season 1) January 1, 2017 - August 12, 2017 (season 2)	20:00
Kazakhstan	Ғаламат ғасыр. Көсем дәуірі	7 Channel	October 17, 2016 - February 10, 2017 (season 1)	21:50
Kosovo	Shekulli Madhёshtor: Kosem	RTV21	April 11, 2016 - February 9, 2017 (season 1) February 14, 2017 - November 21, 2017 (season 2)	20:00
Latvia	Lieliskais gadsimts. Kosema"	LNT	April 21, 2018 - September 29, 2018 (season 1) September 30, 2018 - March 2, 2019 (Season 2)	21:05
Lebanon	Sultana Kosem	Al Jadeed	Sep 5, 2016 - 2018 (seasons 1-2)	18:50
Lithuania	Didingasis amžius. Jos Didenybė Kiosem	LNK	September 4, 2016 - Juny 24, 2017 (season 1) July 1, 2017 - April 28, 2018 (season 2)	14:25
Mexico	La Sultana Kosem	Imagen Television	February 12, 2018 - May 4, 2018 (season 1) May 7, 2018 - June 15, 2018 (season 2)	21:00
Moldova	Kosem	Canal 2	September 4, 2017 - January 5, 2018 (season 1)	20:00
Mongolia	Косем	Edutainment TV	May 21, 2017 - August, 2017 (season 1) January, 2018 - April 27, 2018 (season 2)	21:00
North Macedonia	Shekulli Madhёshtor: Kosem	TV 21	April 11, 2016 - February 9, 2017 (season 1) February 14, 2017 - November 21, 2017 (season 2)	20:00
Northern Cyprus	Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem	Star TV (season 1) FOX (season 2)	November 12, 2015 - June 9, 2016 (season 1) November 18, 2016 - June 27, 2018 (season 2)	20:00
Pakistan	کوسم سلطان Kösem Sultan	Urdu 1	Season 1–31 October 2016 - 4 April 2017 Season 2 - 24th July 2017 - 9 April 2018	Mon-Fri 21:00 PST Mon-Wed 22:30 PST
Panama	Kosem	TVN Panama	August 19, 2019
Poland	Wspaniałe stulecie: Sułtanka Kösem	TVP1	April 25, 2016 - September 23, 2016 (season 1) February 14, 2017 - August 24, 2018 (season 2)	15:50 (ep.1-5) 18:40 (ep.6-132) 16:05 (ep.133-168)
Puerto Rico	La Sultana	Telemundo	October 29, 2018	20:00
Romania	Kosem	Kanal D Romania	January 23, 2017 - March 16, 2017 (Season 1) September 25, 2017 - January 19, 2018 (season 2)	20:00
Russia	Великолепный век. Империя Кёсем Magnificent Century. Empire of Kosem	Domashniy	January 7, 2017 - May 27, 2017 (season 1)	19:00
Tunisia	Sultana Kosem	Nessma TV	September 12, 2016 - 2018 (seasons 1-2)	18:50
Turkey	Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem	Star TV (season 1) FOX (season 2)	November 12, 2015 - June 9, 2016 (season 1) November 18, 2016 - June 27, 2017 (season 2)	20:00
Ukraine	Величне століття. Нова володарка	1+1	September 24, 2018 - November 27, 2018 (season 1) November 27, 2018 - February 1, 2019 (season 2)	17:10
United Arab Emirates	حريم السلطان - السلطانة قُسم Hareem-el Sultan: El Sultana Qosum	OSN Dubai TV	January 1, 2016 - August 8, 2016 (season 1) January 15, 2017 - August 4, 2017 (season 2) - OSN Ya Hala September 4, 2016 - January, 2017 (season 1) September, 2017 - April, 2018 (season 2) - Dubai TV	20:00
United States	La Sultana	Telemundo	October 29, 2018 - January 18, 2019 (season 1)	20:00
Uruguay	Kosem La Sultana	Monte Carlo TV	March 10, 2017 - August 16, 2017 (season 1)	21:30
Uzbekistan	Ko'sem	Milliy TV	September 4, 2017 - January 5, 2018 (season 1) January 8, 2018 - May 25, 2018 (season 2)	21:00

See also

• List of Islam-related films

External links

• Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem at IMDb
• Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem – Official Website
• Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem at FOX
• Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem Official YouTube channel