Raised in a polygamous family, young Halide Edib defies the sultan and in 1901 becomes the first Muslem Turkish girl to graduate from the American College. She becomes a leader in the emancipation of Turkish women, and has been called …
Featuring PELIN BATU as Halide Edib
Posted 12 years ago byBorn in secret, Princess Hatice is the daughter of the deposed Sultan Murad. She lives confined to the harem for her first 28 years. In 1904 her affair with her cousin’s husband causes a scandal that reaches around the world. …
SERHAT KAPLAN as Sultan Murad V
Posted 12 years ago bySultan Murad V offers hope for democratic reforms. But he rules for only 93 days in 1876 before he is deposed by his brother. Murad and all the women, slaves, and eunuchs in his harem will be kept under palace …
TANER SOLMAZ as Sultan Abdulhamid II
Posted 12 years ago byAbdulhamid II deposes his brother Murad and reigns as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1876 – 1909. Known as the Red Sultan, he is an absolute monarch. As portrayed by Turkish actor Taner Solmaz, he is a despotic, fearful, …
AYSEGUL SIRAY as The Valide Sultan – Sevkefza
Posted 12 years ago byThe Queen Mother, or Valide Sultan, is the most powerful woman in the Ottoman Empire. Once a slave-girl herself, in the tradition of harem women she becomes the power behind the throne. When her son Murad is deposed, she plots …
DENIZ AYLAN as The Concubine – Filizten
Posted 12 years ago byThe Ottomans prefer slave girls from the Caucasus. The most fortunate become the sultan’s concubines. The diary of the slave-girl Filizten, played by newcomer Deniz Aylan of Yedi Tepe University Theater School, provides a unique eyewitness voice to THE SULTAN’S …
