THE MAGNIFICENT CENTURY OF THE OTTOMANS…

THE MAGNIFICENT ASCENT OF SULTAN SULEIMAN THE LAWGIVER TO SOVEREIGNTY …


At the age of twenty six, when he began to rule this great reign, Sultan Suleiman aimed at such an objective that he was going to build a sovereignty in this world more powerful and more extensive than Alexander the Great and render the Ottomans invincible…
Young Suleiman, who acceded to the throne after receiving the news of his crowning at a hunting party in 1520, unaware that he would be ruling a reign beyond his dreams, leaving behind his wife Mahidevran and his son, little prince Mustafa, in his palace in Manisa, took to the road with his close friend and companion, Ibrahim to reach the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul.

And thus begins Sultan Suleiman the Lawgiver’s reign that is to last 46 years… Suleiman first meets harem girl Alexandra, originally a Ukrainian slave who is to be known as Hurrem Sultan in history, giving birth to a number of crown princes….

While Suleiman fights with the Persian state in the East and the Roman Empire in the West for conquering the world, Hurrem Sultan struggles with all obstacles in her way trying to be permanent in the Ottoman dynasty… Suleiman’s harem and the beauties who come from foreign dynasties, namely Princess Isabella Fortuna and Firuze Hatun who both fall in love with Suleiman, become Hurrem’s biggest rivals. However, this great love overcomes all obstacles. Suleiman goes back to Hurrem every time. Hurrem’s existence affects his first favorite concubine Mahidevran deeply. Mother Sultana Hafsa and Suleiman’s sister Hatice are all disturbed by Hurrem’s gradually increasing influence, as well.

Suleiman pays the price for his passionate love towards Hurrem by beheading his most trusted friend, Grand Vizier Ibrahim Pasha, and by sentencing his sons to death. After all, for Hurrem Sultan, the game of power was bloody and ruthless… Anything was acceptable in order to be victorious in this game…

Suleiman is known throughout his reign in the East because of his just ruling as “the Lawgiver,” and in the West as “the Maginificent” due to his innovative outlook.


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