| Alt Name: | The Magnificent Century 2 |
| Director: | 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 Taşçıoğlu Boran Kuzum Burak Dakak Öykü Karayel |
| Composer: | Aytekin Ataş |
| Country: | Turkey |
| Language: | Turkish |
| Num Seasons: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 60 |
| Producer: | Timur Savci |
| Runtime: | 120–155 minutes |
| Company: | Tims Productions |
| Network: | Star TV (2015–2016) NOW (Turkish TV channel) |
| Related: | Muhteşem Yüzyıl |
Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem (pronounced as /tr/,) 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, the most powerful woman in Ottoman history who was part of the Sultanate of Women.[1] Actresses Nurgül Yeşilçay, Beren Saat and Anastasia Tsilimpiou played the title 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.[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. Since its broadcast, Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem has been aired in several countries.[5] [6] Its final episode aired on 27 June 2017. The series' finale marked the end of the six-year Muhteşem Yüzyıl saga.[7]
The series follows the life of Kösem Sultan, the most powerful and influential woman in the Ottoman Empire. It chronicles her journey from being brought as a slave into the Imperial harem of Ahmed I, through her rise to power and influence as Haseki Sultan, to becoming a formidable ruler who dominated the Ottoman Empire as Valide Sultan and Naib i Sultanat. It also delves into her relationships with her sons Murad IV and Ibrahim, as well as her grandson Mehmed IV.
| Season | Timeslot | Season finale | No. of episodes | Section range | TV channel | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20:00 | 30 | 1–30 | Star TV | |||||||||
| 2 | 20:00 23:00 | 30 | 31–60 | NOW | |||||||||
| Actor name | Character name | Description | Seasons | Character status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurgül Yeşilçay | Mahpeyker Kösem Sultan | Haseki Sultan and later legal wife of Sultan Ahmed, mother of the majority of his children. Regent to Murad IV and Mehmed IV, and Valide Sultan to Murad and Ibrahim | 2 | Major | |
| Beren Saat | 1 | ||||
| Anastasia Tsilimpiou | |||||
| 1 | Major | ||||
| The 14th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, son of Sultan Mehmed III and Handan Sultan | 1 | Major | |||
| Valide Sultan and mother of Sultan Ahmed, Sultan Mehmed III's widow | 1 | Major | |||
| 1 | Major | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Safiye Sultan and Sultan Murad III's eldest daughter, Ahmed's aunt, Hasan Pasha's and later Zülfikar Pasha's widow | 1 | Major | |||
| 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 | The 15th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, son of Sultan Mehmed III and Halime Sultan | 2 | Guest Appearance | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Şehzade Mehmed | Sultan Ahmed and Kösem Sultan's firstborn son | 1 | Major | ||
| Sultan Ahmed's concubine, mother of Sultan Osman II | 1 | Supporting | |||
| Meleksima Sultan | 1 | Supporting | |||
| Bahar Selvi | Legal wife of Sultan Osman II, mother of Zeynep Sultan and Şehzade Mustafa | 1 | Supporting | ||
| Sude Zulal Güler | Sultan Ahmed and Kösem Sultan's firstborn daughter, Nasuh Pasha's widow | 1 | Supporting | ||
| Balim Gayebayrak | 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 | ||||
| Farya Sultan | 2 | Major | |||
| 2 | Major | ||||
| Ayça Kuru | Gülbahar Sultan | Sultan Ahmed's concubine, mother of Şehzade Bayezid | 1 | Supporting | |
| Sibel Taşçıoğlu | 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 | |||
| Atike Sultan | Sultan Ahmed and Kösem Sultan's fourthborn and youngest daughter, twin to Ibrahim, Silahtar Mustafa Pasha's widow | 2 | Major | ||
| Rîdvan Aybars Düzey | The 18th Sultan of Ottoman Empire, Sultan Ahmed and Kösem Sultan's fourth-born and youngest son, twin to Atike Sultan | 2 | Major | ||
| Tugay Mercan | |||||
| First Haseki Sultan of Sultan Ibrahim, mother of Sultan Mehmed IV and Beyhan Sultan | 2 | Major | |||
| Eighth Haseki Sultan and legal wife of Sultan Ibrahim, mother of Șehzade Orhan | 2 | Supporting | |||
| Ece Güzel | 2 | Guest Appearance | |||
| Firuze Gamze Aksu | 2 | Guest Appearance |
| Actor name | Character name | Description | Seasons | Character Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mete Horozoğlu[8] | Zülfikar Pasha | Commander of the Istanbul Cadet Janissary Corps, later a vizier and Hümaşah Sultan's husband | 1 | Major | |
| Sultan Ahmed's mentor and first bodyguard, later becomes Fahriye Sultan's husband and Grand Vizier | 1 | Major | |||
| 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 | One of the viziers of Ahmed I, becomes the Grand Vizier after the execution of Derviş Mehmed Pasha | 1 | Supporting | ||
| Tolga Tuncer | Safiye and then Kösem's chief allegiant, later Ayşe Sultan's husband and Grand Vizier | 1 | Supporting | ||
| Şener Savaş | Two time Grand Vizier, in service of Kösem Sultan | 1–2 | Supporting | ||
| Sinan Pasha | One of Sultan Murad IV's viziers, head of Istanbul's Jesuit order after Father Cornelius, in love with Gülbahar | 2 | Major | ||
| Commander of the Janissary Corps and later Admiral of the Fleet and Grand Vizier, in love with Kösem | 2 | Major | |||
| 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 | Şeyhülislam efendi (supreme religious leader) | 2 | Major | ||
| 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 Karabil | A former Safavid Persian prince, Sultan Murad's confidant and companion after Silahtar Mustafa's death | 2 | Major | ||
| Emre Başer | One of the viziers of Sultan Ibrahim and Sultan Mehmed, an allegiant of Turhan Sultan | 2 | Major | ||
| Ali Düşenkalkar | 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 | |
| İsmail Filiz | Governor of Bosnia and later second-in-command Vizier, an allegiant of Kösem Sultan | 2 | Supporting | ||
| Asil Büyüközçelik | 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 | Grand Vizier after the execution of Topal Recep Pasha and an allegiant of Kösem Sultan | 2 | Supporting |
| Actor name | Character name | Description | Seasons | Character status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hakan Şahin | 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 | |
| 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 | 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 | |||
| Sultan Ibrahim's concubine | 2 | Supporting | |||
| Gizem Kala | Sultan Ibrahim's concubine, mother of his eldest son Osman | 2 | Supporting | ||
| Fırat Topkorur | Turhan Sultan's servant | 2 | Supporting |
| Actor name | Role name | Description | Seasons | Character status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Şahin Giray | A Crimean lord, Mehmed Giray's brother | 1 | Major | ||
| 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 | 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 | |
| Kösem Sultan's economic agent (kira), in love with Silahtar | 2 | Supporting | |||
| Necip Memili | Chronicler and explorer of the time, close friends with Hezarfen, friend of Murad, Silahtar and Kemankeş | 2 | Supporting | ||
| Uşan Çakır | Polymath, inventor and aviator of the time, close friends with Evliya, friend of Murad, Silahtar and Kemankeş | 2 | Supporting | ||
| Poet and satirist of the time | 2 | Supporting | |||
| Murat Atik | Father Cornelius | 2 | Supporting |
| Country | Local title | Network | Premiere date | Timeslot | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnificent Century: Kosem | October 17, 2016 - 2018 (seasons 1–2) | 20:00 | |||
| Sulltanesha Kosem | October 17, 2017 - June 26, 2018 (season 1) June 27, 2018 - December 2, 2018 (season 2) | 21:00 | |||
| السّلطانة قسم as-Sulṭānah Qusum | 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 | |||
| (20 countries) | حريم السلطان - السلطانة قُسم Hareem-el Sultan: El Sultana Qosum | January 1, 2016 - August 8, 2016 (season 1) January 15, 2017 - August 4, 2017 (season 2) | 20:00 | ||
| Kosem, La Sultana | 2019 | TBA | |||
| সুলতান সুলেমানঃ কোসেম Sultan Suleiman: Kosem | February 17, 2018 - June 23, 2018 (season 1) June 23, 2018 - November 12, 2018 (season 2) | 19:30 | |||
| Великолепният век: Кьосем | June 27, 2017- April 20, 2018 (season 1) April 23, 2018 - July 27, 2018 (season 2) | 20:00 | |||
| Kosem, La Sultana | January 3, 2017 - April 26, 2017 (season 1) April 27, 2017 - January 1, 2018 (season 2)[9] [10] | 22:30 | |||
| السّلطانة قسم as-Sulṭānah Qusum | November 27, 2016- 2018 (seasons 1–2)[11] | ||||
| Sajandi valitsejanna | 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 | |||
| დიდებული საუკუნე: ქოსემის რისხვა Didebuli saukune: Kosemis riskhva | September 12, 2016 - February, 2017 (season 1) February, 2017 - August, 2017 (season 2) | 19:50 | |||
| Κιοσέμ: Η Σουλτάνα | Victory DVD Company | February 3, 2016 (seasons 1–2)[12] | |||
| 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[13] | ||
| Kosem Sultan | 2017 - 2018 (seasons 1–2) | ||||
| Abad Kejayaan 2: Kosem | January 1, 2016 - June, 2016 (season 1) | 20:00[14] | |||
| ماهپیکر Maah Peikar | 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 | |||
| Ғаламат ғасыр. Көсем дәуірі | 7 Channel | October 17, 2016 - February 10, 2017 (season 1) | 21:50 | ||
| Shekulli Madhёshtor: Kosem | April 11, 2016 - February 9, 2017 (season 1) February 14, 2017 - November 21, 2017 (season 2) | 20:00 | |||
| Lieliskais gadsimts. Kosema | April 21, 2018 - September 29, 2018 (season 1) September 30, 2018 - March 2, 2019 (Season 2) | 21:05 | |||
| Sultana Kosem | Al Jadeed | Sep 5, 2016 - 2018 (seasons 1–2) | 18:50[15] | ||
| Didingasis amžius. Jos Didenybė Kiosem | September 4, 2016 - Juny 24, 2017 (season 1) July 1, 2017 - April 28, 2018 (season 2) | 14:25 | |||
| La Sultana Kosem | Imagen Television | February 12, 2018 - May 4, 2018 (season 1) May 7, 2018 - June 15, 2018 (season 2) | 21:00 | ||
| 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 | |
| Shekulli Madhёshtor: Kosem | TV 21 | April 11, 2016 - February 9, 2017 (season 1) February 14, 2017 - November 21, 2017 (season 2) | 20:00[16] | ||
| Kösem Sultan | Season 1–31 October 2016 - 4 April 2017 Season 2–24 July 2017 - 9 April 2018 | Mon-Fri 21:00 PST Mon-Wed 22:30 PST | |||
| Kosem | TVN Panama | August 19, 2019 | |||
| Wspaniałe stulecie: Sułtanka Kösem[17] | 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) | |||
| La Sultana | October 29, 2018 | 20:00[18] | |||
| Kosem | Kanal D Romania | January 23, 2017 - March 16, 2017 (Season 1) September 25, 2017 - January 19, 2018 (season 2) | 20:00 | ||
| Великолепный век. Империя Кёсем Magnificent Century. Empire of Kosem | Domashniy | January 7, 2017 - May 27, 2017 (season 1) | 19:00 | ||
| Sultana Kosem | Nessma TV | September 12, 2016 - 2018 (seasons 1–2) | 18:50[19] | ||
| 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 | ||
| Величне століття. Нова володарка | 1+1 | September 24, 2018 - November 27, 2018 (season 1) November 27, 2018 - February 1, 2019 (season 2) | 17:10[20] | ||
| حريم السلطان - السلطانة قُسم Hareem-el Sultan: El Sultana Qosum | OSN Dubai One | 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 One | 20:00 | ||
| La Sultana | Telemundo | October 29, 2018 - January 18, 2019 (season 1) | 20:00[21] | ||
| Kosem La Sultana | March 10, 2017 - August 16, 2017 (season 1) | 21:30 | |||
| Ko'sem | Milliy TV | September 4, 2017 - January 5, 2018 (season 1) January 8, 2018 - May 25, 2018 (season 2) | 21:00 |