Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem

Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem
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Written by	Yılmaz Şahin Özen Yula Nükhet Bıçakçı Sevgi Yılmaz
Directed by	Mkkkk. Çağatay Tosun Mert Baykal Yağız Alp Akaydın Zeynep Günay Tan Deniz Koloş
Starring	See below
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)

Muhtesem Yüzyıl: Kösem 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 one of the most powerful women 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.

The series, however, was not as successful as its predecessor, thus it lasted two seasons. 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 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'état 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 orders 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 Zülfikar Ağa, 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 flees along with her children, Dilruba and Mustafa, so as 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 Şahin 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, Şahin 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.

Bülbül Ağa 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 Ta'wiz. 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 Kösem which means pioneer. She then 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 Sultan Ahmed when he needed them. This marks the beginning of Kösem and Safiye's animosity.

Handan Sultan orders her guards to execute Sehzade Mustafa. Kösem, 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 Kösem's ally against Safiye. At the same time, Ahmed leads the assault against the bandits and saves Rasha.

Enzo, Kösem's father is kidnapped and taken hostage by Safiye's guards. She uses this to blackmail Kösem 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. Kösem 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, Kösem 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 Bülbül arrives, demanding her release by Safiye Sultan. As Kösem probes into Safiye's secret, she is aided by Halime Sultan who informs Kösem that the people who burnt Cennet's face were loyal to Safiye. Kösem 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. Fahriye Sultan and Dervish wed.

Kösem warns Safiye that she has only one day to pack all her belongings and leave for the Eski Saray, otherwise Kösem will inform the sultan about everything. Safiye agrees, asking only that she get the letter 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 Bülbül and Cennet, Cennet hands her the manuscript. Safiye is shocked that the manuscript is plain and contains no writing, meaning Kösem had tricked her and kept the real manuscript for herself. Cennet announces her allegiance to Kösem, and leaves the carriage feeling satisfied at taking her vengeance.

Kösem finds out that she is pregnant. Sultan Ahmed hands Kösem the crown of Hürrem Sultan, showing his love and respect for her. After this, Kösem blurts out Safiye's secret to Ahmed, which infuriates him. Dervish Pasha is blackmailed by his wife into helping her hide in a dargah, called Darul Aman (House of Protection), whose owner, Aziz Mahmud Hudayi, 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 Kösem 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 Kösem 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 Kösem escapes execution with the help of Zülfikar and Bülbül Ağa. Safiye meanwhile 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. Kösem, apart from being allowed to raise Osman herself, also takes Meleki, a poor, left-motherless-by-the-coup-events girl she has befriended, under her wing.

Hümaşah Sultan, Safiye Sultan's eldest daughter, arrives from Egypt. Not long after, Kösem is told by Mehmed Giray about the truth of Dervish and his role in the assassination of Sultan Mehmed III. Meanwhile, because of Halime Sultan the truth of Handan Sultan and Dervish Pasha's feelings for one another is exposed, 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 soon commits suicide, fearing that her secret has been told to her son. After Handan's death, Hümaşah Sultan is given the leadership of the harem. During this time, Sultan Ahmed prepares to build a mosque opposite Hagia Sophia.

Sultan Ahmed orders the release of Safiye from the Maiden's Tower, due to her aid in rescuing Kösem from the bandits. Hümaşah resigns from her role, due to Kösem Sultan's intrigues. Later, the former is informed by Bülbül that her long lost brother, the lost prince of the Ottoman dynasty, is Iskander. Safiye and Hümaşah 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 woman, Gülbahar. On the aspicious occasion of Eid ul Fitr, Ahmed decides to release Mustafa, who unbeknownst to everyone has become mentally unstable over time. Sultan Ahmed Mosque has been completed, and Sultan Ahmed, along with his sons and brother Mustafa, says the Friday prayer at the mosque. That same time, Safiye plans to poison Sultan Ahmed in order to clear the path for her own prince through a concubine;she succeeds and Sultan Ahmed, already suffering from 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.

In a moment of haste, Hümaşah informs Zülfikar about Iskender's secret, and he in return informs Kösem Sultan. Kösem, fearing for her children's fate after her spouse's death, convinces Ahmed to order Iskander's execution. Meanwhile, Halime Sultan and Menekse arrange the marriage of Dilruba Sultan to the grand vizier Halil Pasha, but she defies them and secretly marries Davud Pasha.

Sultan Ahmed learns that his disease is progressing, and asks that he be legally married to Kösem before his death. A few days after Dilruba's official wedding, Sultan Ahmed dies due to abdominal pain. Kösem Sultan then aids Şehzade Mustafa in gaining the crown, however Halime and Dilruba turn against her, banishing her to the Old Palace. In the meantime, Iskender, having been spared by Zülfikar reunites with his mother and they plot to seize power and exact revenge.

Realizing her mistake, Kösem plans a coup d'état to dethrone Sultan Mustafa and replace him with her stepson Şehzade Osman. Kösem uses Mustafa's weak mental state in order to justify her actions. Halime, seeing Kösem's sons as a threat to her authority, orders them executed, but with the unexpected help of Bülbül and Hümaşah,Kösem arrives just in time to save them, and then orders the janissaries to throw Mustafa in prison, and send 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, who he believed, because of Safiye and his tutor's intrigues, the janissaries saw as a candidate for the throne.

Distraught, Kösem Sultan decides to dethrone Osman, while at the same time she repays Safiye by collaborating with Zülfikar to apparently kill Iskender. This event causes Safiye to commit 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 proved to be the primary motive to his abashment, masterminded by Davud and during which Cennet and Zülfikar are killed, and subsequent incarceration and strangulation, thus enabling Mustafa's second reign to begin.

Hümaşah leaves the capital forever. Kösem, 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 Davud, Dilruba and Halime, 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

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. 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.

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 Güner	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 Han	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	20:00
Albania	Sulltanesha Kosem	TV Klan	October 17, 2017	21:00
Algeria	السّلطانة قسم as-Sulṭānah Qusum	OSN Echorouk TV	January 1, 2016 May 27, 2017	20:00
Arab World	حريم السلطان - السلطانة قُسم Hareem-el Sultan: El Sultana Qosum	OSN	January 1, 2016	20:00
Argentina	Kosem, La Sultana	Telefe	2018	TBA
Bangladesh	Sultan Suleiman: Kosem	Deepto TV	February 17, 2018	19:30
Bulgaria	Великолепният век: Кьосем	bTV	June 27, 2017 (season 1) April 23, 2018 (season 2)	20:00
Chile	Kosem, La Sultana	Canal 13	January 3, 2017	22:30
Estonia	Sajandi valitsejanna	Kanal 2 Kanal 11	September 17, 2016 - December 30, 2017 January 6, 2018 - May 5, 2018	21:35 21:35
Georgia	დიდებული საუკუნე: ქოსემის რისხვა Didebuli saukune: Kosemis riskhva	Rustavi 2	September 12, 2016	19:50
Greece	Κιοσέμ: Η Σουλτάνα"	Victory TV (Internet Platform)	February 3, 2016
Hungary	A szultána	TV2	September 13, 2016	22:00
Indonesia	Abad Kajayaan 2: Kosem	SCTV	January 1, 2016	20:00
India	Kosem Sultan	Zee Alwan	2017
Iran	ماه‌پیکر Maah Peikar	OSN GEM TV	January 1, 2016 August 14, 2016	20:00
Kazakhstan	Ғаламат ғасыр. Көсем дәуірі	7 Channel	October 17, 2016	21:50
Kosovo	Shekulli Madhёshtor: Kosem	RTV21	April 11, 2016	20:00
Latvia	Lieliskais gadsimts. Kosema"	LNT	April 21, 2018	21:05
Lebanon	Sultana Kosem	Al Jadeed	Sep 5, 2016	18:50
Lithuania	Didingasis amžius. Jos Didenybė Kiosem	LNK	September 4, 2016	14:25
Moldova	Kosem	Canal 2	September 4, 2017	20:00
Mongolia	Көсэм	Bolovsrol TV	May 1, 2017	21:50
Mexico	La Sultana Kosem	Imagen Television	February, 2018	21:00
Northern Cyprus	Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem	Star TV (season 1) FOX (season 2)	November 12, 2015	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
Poland	Wspaniałe stulecie: Sułtanka Kösem (season 1) Wspaniałe stulecie: Sułtanka Kösem - Murad IV (season 2)	TVP1	April 25, 2016	18:40
Romania	Kosem	Kanal D Romania	January 23, 2017	20:00
Russia	Великолепный век. Империя Кёсем Magnificent Century. Empire of Kosem	Domashniy	January 7, 2017	19:00
Tunisia	Sultana Kosem	Nessma TV	September 12, 2016	18:50
Ukraine	Величне століття. Нова володарка	1+1	September, 2018	17:10
United Arab Emirates	حريم السلطان - السلطانة قُسم Hareem-el Sultan: El Sultana Qosum	OSN [Dubai TV]	January 1, 2016 September 4, 2016	20:00
Uruguay	Kosem La Sultana	Monte Carlo TV	March 10, 2017	21:30
Uzbekistan	Ko'sem	Milliy TV	2017	21:00

External links

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