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My Mustafa! My prince!

- God! - Mehmet!

God!

Save the princes!

Hurry!

Your Majesty.

There is a fire. They are burning.

- Who is burning? - There is a fire at the engagement.

Where are you, Mustafa?

Mehmet!

- My princes! - My son!

My Sultana! Stay back!

- Hurrem Hatun! - I am coming, son!

- Please don't! - Mehmet!

- Mehmet! - God help us!

- Let us go Sumbul Agha! - Mehmet!

My son!

- Save him! - Mehmet!

Please somebody help!

- Mustafa! - Mehmet!

My son!

My dear.

- Thank God you are alive! - Thank God!

It is okay, my dear.

Everything is fine.

Sumbul Aga!

What happened?

Your Majesty.

Everyone is okay, don't worry.

The nahıl caught fire.

Thankfully Victoria saved the princes.

I saw the fire.

I took the children.

I don't know how it started.

I know who did this.

Your son did this.

Tell me!

- Did your mother make you do it? - Don't touch my son!

You poisoned me!

But you failed!

- So you... - Hurrem Hatun!

Control yourself!

Take Mehmet and go to your chamber.

Mustafa.

Hurrem, I told you to go to your chamber.

My lion cub.

It's over. Don't worry.

I swear I didn't start the fire.

I protected my brother.

Mehmet is fine.

Well done, my dear.

Look how he protected his brother.

Always be like that, Mustafa.

You will protect your brothers.

The guests are leaving.

Walk them out, Daye.

Everyone can disperse now.

Sumbul Aga.

Tell me what happened.

We have extinguished the fire, Effendi.

The boys and the Kalfas are cleaning the place now.

I don't care about the cleaning!

Is everyone okay?

The princes are fine, praise God.

Sultana Hatice?

I mean, the people at the engagement?

Sultana must be upset about it.

But she is glad that nobody was hurt.

Except Victoria is injured.

That girl you brought to me...

...with Matrakci.

We were lucky to have got away with so little damage.

What happened to her?

She is a blessed woman.

If she hadn't been there, God know what'd happen to the princes.

She saved them among the flames.

My son and me are scared of being alone.

You yelled at me. I did nothing wrong.

Gulnihal Hatun.

You are angry.

You are not looking me in the eye.

I am scared.

The things that woman said...

Her name is Mahidevran.

She is the Haseki Sultana, Hurrem Hatun.

She is the mother of my son, Prince Mustafa.

But you weren't talking to her.

My relationship with Mahidevran is my business.

You are not allowed to be disrespectful.

Please don't leave us alone, Your Majesty.

Do you need anything, my Sultana?

No. I am tired, I just want to sleep.

Any news from Hurrem Hatun?

She hasn't left her room.

How could she?

His Majesty put her in her place.

She is digging her own grave by acting like that.

We will see.

You may leave.

Gulsah!

That girl, Victoria.

Attend to her needs tomorrow.

The poor woman burned her hands. Let's reward her.

Yes, my Sultana.

Good job, Victoria.

You saved both of the princes.

The dynasty can never pay you back.

The Valide Sultana will make sure you won't go unrewarded.

Is the Valide...

...the queen with those beautiful jewels?

Yes, she is.

She is still beautiful, isn't she?

Sultana Selim Khan wrote many poems for her in her youth.

Ayse, come and help me.

I am talking to you, Ayse!

Don't stand up, just continue.

What happened, Nigar Kalfa?

The physician examined her.

We are applying the ointment she gave.

Take good care of her. She should recover.

The Valide Sultana is wondering how she is.

- What was your name? - Victoria, ma'am.

Get some rest, Victoria.

The Valide Sultana is going to see you tomorrow.

Your father won't talk to me.

What are we going to do?

I thought he didn't love that woman anymore.

Is he going to stop loving me too?

We have to do something.

Suleyman...

Don't abandon us.

The Valide Sultana wanted the nahıl to stay here.

I don't want to see it.

It is going to keep reminding me of this unfortunate night.

My engagement started with a fire.

And it will end with death.

Don't talk like that, my Sultana.

Please don't say that.

Let's get some fresh air on the terrace.

Ibrahim isn't there.

That won't soothe my pain.

I would also be torturing him too.

I can't have that.

Careful, Ayse!

You are hurting her.

Okay, I will be careful.

I thought she was going to serve me!

Look at her, acting like a princess!

I am serving her.

You are not serving her.

You are helping her.

What should she do?

How can she hold anything with those hands?

Nigar Kalfa.

Prepare the girl. She is leaving.

Where am I going?

I am going to sell you at the Slave Market.

You won't be of any use to us anymore.

Well...

...who would buy her anyway?

Mind your own business, Ayse Hatun.

Or I will break your heart.

Come on.

Dress her up nicely.

She is going to see the Valide Sultana.

Gulnihal.

You will not leave my son alone, not even for a second.

Understood? You will not.

Keep the doors locked.

You can't sleep either.

I will sleep when Mehmet does.

No.

No sleeping.

I am going.

Where?

Your Majesty.

Please accept our sympathy...

...regarding the fire yesterday.

God...

...spared the lives of your harem...

...and our great princes...

...for the sake of Your Majesty and the empire.

We must put it behind us now.

May God never put us through this again.

I bless the campaign...

...against the Rhodian infidels who attack...

...the Muslim ships and the pilgrims.

Is this your fatwa, Mufti Efendi?

Yes, Your Majesty.

I would like to ask something from Your Majesty.

Go on, Mufti Efendi.

I would like to join the Imperial Campaign.

Mufti...

...we are leaving the empire in your hands.

Also, it could be challenging for your health.

Right, Piri Paşa? Tell your uncle.

We have a long and challenging road ahead of us.

I wish he would listen to me, Your Majesty.

- But he won't. - I won't, Your Majesty.

Not while Sultana Cem's children...

...of the Ottoman dynasty are prisoners on that island!

When there is a war on the holy land of the infidels...

...if I am not with His Majesty when it joins the empire...

...then I won't listen.

Won't you listen to me either?

I would seek no higher honour...

...to be a martyr, Your Majesty.

Is everyone ready?

Nigar Kalfa.

Sultana Hurrem?

It is an honour to see you here.

What happened?

You know that woman...

...who makes charms.

I need to see her.

Don't laugh.

My son and I need many charms.

All kinds of things happen in this palace.

Is your name Victoria?

Yes, ma'am.

She is not "ma'am."

You must call her "my Sultana."

Yes, my Sultana.

How are the burns on your hands? Do they hurt much?

They are better, my Sultana. They are not hurting as much.

Good.

Where are you from?

Who brought you to the harem?

I am from Sava, my Sultana.

The Master of Privy Chamber Ibrahim brought her, my Sultana.

Come on, straight to the conservatory!

Aren't you coming?

You haven't been to classes for some time.

I can't.

I can't leave my son alone.

Nobody knows how scared I am.

Bad things keep happening.

And now His Majesty is going to leave.

Mehmet and I are going to be alone.

The charm will protect us.

A charm won't cut it.

Try and make up with His Majesty.

You'll be ruined if he turns his back on you too.

Don't be afraid.

I will protect you.

You can tell me if something happens.

Stand tall.

Don't show your fear.

Or they will come down on you.

You can't show weakness in this palace.

The weak lose.

Nigar Kalfa.

Bring my new caftan from the tailor.

His Majesty is coming tonight.

Make sure it is ready.

I congratulate you on the bravery you showed yesterday.

You saved my princes.

God forbid...

We have avoided a great disaster.

Focus on getting better now.

I want you to serve me here...

...when your hands are healed and you are able to work.

You may leave, Victoria.

How are you, Victoria?

I hope you get well soon.

Come, Mahidevran.

How is my lion cub?

He had a nightmare last night.

He was better this morning, he's at class now.

Keep the class short today, and bring him to me.

I want him to be here, with me.

Go with Hatice.

Come on, Hatice. Go with her.

Mustafa is going to be happy to see you.

There might be others who would be happy to see you.

Don't worry about your uncle, Piri Pasa.

He will be fine as long as he keeps his determination.

Inshallah we will pray together in Rhodes.

Hopefully, Your Majesty.

We will build a large mosque in Rhodes, inshallah.

Inshallah.

Ibrahim.

Bring Mustafa to my chamber.

He was very scared last night. He should stay with me.

We have very few days before the campaign starts.

You had to come with me when Valide told you to.

Do you love Ibrahim that much?

Please don't.

If only I had the means to...

...bring you two together.

Ibrahim has a good heart, my Sultana.

He is the one...

...who suits you, who will make you happy.

Please don't.

I have enough pain as it is.

Hatice, Mother!

Hatice, are you here?

You should go in.

I was so worried about you last night.

Master Of Privy Chamber Ibrahim barely calmed me down.

To get you out of that fire...

I am sorry.

My Sultana.

If I could make the time go faster...

...if I didn't have to wait for the

campaign to end, which will take months...

Ibrahim, look what I drew!

I am here to pick up the prince. His Majesty is waiting for him.

Sorry to interrupt the lesson.

Of course, Effendi. We were already done.

Ibrahim, let's go to my father.

My tutor said I could go.

Let's go, Hatice.

My Sultana.

I wish you a good day.

Don't touch him!

Stay away from my son!

Who are you? What are you doing here?

Did that woman send you?

Gulnihal told me to. I wanted to play with him.

Lies! Don't lie to me!

You were going to kill him!

Hurrem, don't. She did nothing wrong.

I told her to come here and help me.

What did I tell you?

Didn't I say, "Nobody will enter this room, it's forbidden"?

You did, but...

Hurrem.

You are losing your mind.

What did you do to her?

Not everyone is evil.

Not everyone is going to harm you.

You have to calm down.

Everyone is evil, Maria.

You also did evil things to me.

You stabbed me in the back.

Have you forgotten?

I have not.

I thank God who spared you to me, My Sultana.

It doesn't matter.

I am already dead.

You mentioned your obituary in your letter too.

It is not something I can accept.

Father, I am here! Where are you?

I am here, my lion cub! Come here!

There is no solution.

I wish there was.

But there isn't.

Even if that solution is in the deepest corners of hell...

...I will find it.

I am already in hell.

I am not afraid of burning.

My Sultana.

I just want you to hold your head high.

Don't cry.

Ibrahim, I can't stand it anymore, please don't.

Go.

Even looking at you is a sin for me.

I carry all of your sins.

You are the only huri in my heaven.

I promise you, my Sultana.

One day...

...we will leave this palace together.

I will turn your hell into heaven.

Were you scared last night?

I am not scared of anything.

I was only worried about my brother.

My lion cub!

May God keep you together.

Hatice.

My precious.

It is in the past now, don't be upset.

See, we are all well, thank God.

I want to see you happy now.

I am happy, Your Majesty.

Thanks to you.

You deserve the best of everything.

My golden hearted Hatice.

Come on, Pargali. Let's take up our swords...

...and do some sword training with the prince.

I won't play with a wooden sword.

It always breaks and you beat me.

Maybe you will beat us this time.

If I do, will you take me with you to Rhodes?

Don't try to negotiate with me.

You have to believe in yourself. Try to beat me first...

...the rest is up to God. Let's go!

Now, what I want from you is...

...to carve deeper into these three veins...

...on this leaf.

- Okay? - Okay.

Try it then.

But do it slowly, it's very sharp.

What is it, Sumbul Aga?

Be careful.

Watch your hand.

Help me, my Sultan.

Help me.

Forgive me.

Forgive this lonely...

...and desperate concubine...

...your servant, who longs for your voice...

...and for your face.

You have a big heart.

Hurrem Hatun?

- Did you give him the letter? - I did.

I personally handed it to him.

He is waiting for me.

I will be ready in a second. Wait.

Gulnihal!

Gulnihal, come here.

I must be beautiful.

He is not waiting for you.

He did not ask for you. You stay here.

He wants to see Prince Mehmet.

You are lying.

His Majesty is expecting me.

How could I lie about a matter regarding His Majesty?

Gulnihal, come with me.

Let's take the prince to him.

Please shed no more tears, my Sultana.

Remember the things Ibrahim told you.

He will find a solution from the deepest corners of hell.

Believe in him, do not lose hope.

What hope are you talking about?

I have lost my hope long ago.

I can't be consoled.

Ibrahim knows it won't happen too.

But it is hard to accept.

We are separated forever.

Should I do it like this?

Yes, good job.

Keep going like that.

Bring my little lion here.

Come here.

Mehmet.

Be careful, don't drop my brother.

Father, Mehmet should come with us...

...on campaigns when he grows up.

All right.

God, I beg you.

Please never take my children away from me.

I am going to march with my great army...

...to grace Rhodes with Islam.

I swear...

...in the name of God, who created the universe, heaven...

...and hell...

...the people of the island...

...need not fear us.

Their lives and properties are under our protection.

Nobody will be hurt...

...if you surrender peacefully.

If you do not accept our offer...

...if Rhodes does not surrender to us...

...we will lay waste to your castle.

Make way!

His Majesty, Sultan Suleyman Khan!

Mother.

My dear.

Pray for us.

May God help you on your blessed mission.

Gulfem Hatun.

Bring the enchanted shirts I had prepared.

Always wear one of these shirts.

They have been embroidered with prayers.

They will protect you like armour.

I will carry your prayers like a charm, Mother.

Hatice.

Have a good journey.

May God bless your path.

Amen.

The wedding preparations must be finished by the time we are back, Mother.

My Mustafa.

My lion cub.

Don't upset your mother.

Don't neglect your lessons.

Take care of my Mehmet.

Remember me in your prayers.

God be with you.

Today is a blessed day.

I am blessed by God and His Majesty...

...with the opportunity to...

...witness this great conquest.

His Majesty Sultan Suleyman Khan...

...has departed with ceremonies and prayers...

...to conquer Rhodes...

...which is the holy land of the Christian world.

With his brave army...

...of 115, 000 fearless men from Rumelia and Anatolia...

...large barges, galleys, and galleons...

...which were built over several months at our shipyard...

...with his fleet of 700 ships bedecked with...

...thousands of paddlers and cannons, he sailed to the Mediterranean.

THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA 18 June 1522

Vatican Palace

The Ottoman Sultan...

...Suleyman Khan...

...has departed...

...with a fleet of hundreds of ships...

...and is advancing through the Mediterranean.

The knights request...

...immediate help...

...to protect the holy land of Rhodes.

They are seeking help from the Christian world.

Your Holiness...

...what do you think?

You said that the lion was dead...

...and that the sheep would be ruling...

...the Ottoman Empire.

Remember, a lion's cub is also a lion.

I am Ibrahim, who learned to swim in deep waters...

...seek answers that do not dwell in bleeding hearts in the sky...

...in the stars...

...in odd and even numbers...

...in ebced and hurufi...

...on the peaks of mountains...

...in dark holes and tunnels.

Ibrahim, who looks for fear in the eyes of the strong...

...who burns in flames with every answer he finds.

I am Ibrahim.

Son of Manolis, born of Sofia, a convert boy from Parga.

I haven't seen my mother's face in 15 years.

I have avoided mirrors.

I looked for the missing parts of my mother...

...my father and my siblings in my face.

I got lost searching and couldn't turn back.

There was no horizon, nowhere to go.

I couldn't hold her hands.

My mother's violin in my ears...

...the melodies I learned from her...

...is the only legacy I received...

...from my childhood homeland.

What is it, Pargali?

Are you seasick?

Seventeen years ago...

...I left my family and came by this sea, His Majesty.

I remembered that.

I remembered this sea...

...and how I cried the whole way.

Don't you want to know how your family is?

After we return victorious from Rhodes...

...I am going to send you to Parga.

2 months later

Yes, Hurrem Hatun.

Have you heard any news regarding my Sultan?

You hear these things.

There is no news.

I hope they are okay.

What's in your hand?

You call them cevşen.

I wanted to give this to him but I couldn't.

Nigar...

...I am afraid.

Something is going to happen.

Don't talk like that.

Why are you always in your chamber?

The Valide forbid me to go out after Sultan Suleyman left.

"Stay in that room," she said.

It is like torture here without the Sultana.

Apologise to the Valide Sultana.

Tell her you've learned your lesson. Kiss her hands.

I didn't do anything wrong.

Why should I apologise?

Okay, go on like this. Live like a prisoner.

I can.

My Sultana will come back and get me out of this room.

Hurrem Hatun, I wouldn't be so sure...

...if I were you.

It is said...

...that one should lower their expectations.

If Prince Mustafa were here...

...he would march to battle with his wooden sword.

Then he would say, "I am bored, let's ride a horse."

I miss my Mustafa so much.

I dreamed about him last night, he wanted to play mangala.

We are under attack, Your Majesty! There's cannon fire!

Suleyman!

Don't cry, my son.

Don't worry, your mother is here.

What is it? Is he sick?

Suleyman was shouting.

He said there was a fire.

You had a nightmare, it's okay.

Leave Mehmet to me and get some sleep.

Okay.

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty...

...we are hit, we are sinking!

Give me your blessing.

It is given. A thousand times over.

Hatice? My darling daughter.

What is it? Don't scare me so.

My daughter.

What is it, my darling?

I felt like couldn't breathe.

I couldn't breathe.

Are you all right now?

- Come and sit here, if you wish. - Come on.

I've been the same since the evening. My chest is tight.

Gulfem, go and get Daye.

Have her come and pray for us. It will do us good.

Effendi.

We have sunk 17 Ottoman ships.

I believe Sultan Suleyman's ship was one of them.

We will know for sure in daylight.

This sea will be the Ottomans' grave.

My beautiful daughter, I feel so sad for you.

It is beautiful. Bless your hands.

Yours too, Gulfem.

My Sultana, Ferhat Pasa is awaiting an audience with you in the main chamber.

He must have brought news of Suleyman. I mustn't keep him waiting.

God.

I hope it is good news.

Inshallah.

My Valide Sultana.

Tell me, Ferhat Paşa, how is my lion?

Is the war over?

Have we taken Rhodes?

Your Highness...

...we have received some unconfirmed news.

They say that His Majesty's galley has sunk.

How is my son?

Speak, Ferhat Pasa. Tell me. What has happened to my lion?

He may have passed away.

Is it true?

Is it true?

Your absence is a fire. It has consumed me.

I am ill.

I am defenceless.

Your voice...

...your affection and compassion...

...and your love is all that can cure me.

Without you...

...I am as good as dead in your palace.

Hurrem Hatun.

Don't call for Nigar, she has work to do.

You look pale. What is it?

Sumbul Agha, are you all right?

His Majesty's galley has sunk.

God save us.

He has passed away.

No.

No.

Suleyman.

I miss my father. Why are we here?

He might be angry that we entered his room in his absence.

God, bless me with my child.

Give me the strength to endure.

Aid my young prince on the path to the throne.

Hurrem.

Without Suleyman...

...there is no Hurrem.

There is no life.

How will I endure this pain?

Which one should I suffer for?

My brother.

Ibrahim.

The news is unconfirmed.

My Sultana, please stay calm.

What will happen to us?

My son, Mustafa...

...is all alone in this world.

My prince is still so young.

How can he carry such a burden?

No crying. I forbid it.

Why have you accepted it so quickly?

Sultan Suleyman is not dead.

He is alive.

I know it.

My heart knows it.

Hurrem Hatun.

Hurrem Hatun.

I witnessed once again...

...that His Majesty is God's cherished subject during the siege of Rhodes.

Druring the raid that came suddenly in the dead of night...

...his galley was hit. He barely escaped.

He returned to Marmaris, to his command tent.

But he returned in such a way...

...that he summoned a storm.

Your battle plans have failed, Piri Paşa.

Draw up the casualties as of yesterday.

How many of our galleys and seamen are at the bottom of the sea?

Your Majesty.

I beseech you to dismiss me from this high office.

Your Majesty.

By your leave, I have something to discuss.

Isn't the one person responsible...

...for the battle formation Ekrem Çoban Mustafa Pasa?

This is his plan.

Get out. Leave me alone with Piri Paşa.

Piri Paşa.

How can you be offended at such words and return your seal during war?

It does not befit your position or experience.

My concern is not personal.

It is for the good of the Empire.

It is to achieve flawless victory.

I am demoting Çoban Mustafa Pasa.

Convey my will.

Have him cross to Anatolia and wait.

- Your Majetsy... - This must end today, Piri Pasa.

Let us not speak but do our jobs.

Summon Ahmet Pasa.

Ahmet Pasa.

You are my second vizier.

Ahmet Pasa.

You are promoted to the rank of Army Commander.

Return to Rhodes and take command of our forces.

I will do my best...

...with all my strength to be worthy of this honourable position.

I hope so.

I didn't upset you. Did father upset you?

No.

My father told me that we upset women...

...and then they cry.

My Sultana.

Don't disturb us.

Forgive me. A messenger has arrived.

Ferhat Pasa requests an audience.

Mustafa, go out on the terrace.

Tell him I am waiting for him.

God.

I beg you.

May it be good news, God.

Give me back my child.

Hurrem.

- Hurrem, what happened? - She's fine.

- Hurrem, open your eyes. - She suddenly fell and fainted.

I will wait at the door.

Sumbul Agha.

She is bleeding. She will lose the baby.

God forbid such a thing from happening.

Come on. Let's find the physician. Hurry.

Come on. Come on, come on.

My Valide Sultana.

Ferhat Pasa.

If you are about to tell us of disaster, please don't.

Turn around and leave me to my pain.

The messenger came from the Marmaris encampment.

The letter bears Piri Pasa's seal.

Forget the seal, Pasa.

Tell me if my son is alive.

It says that His Majesty is marching to victory.

Thank God.

I must share this news with my family immediately.

Announce it to the capital, to friend and foe alike.

Sultana Suleyman marches to victory.

Is Hurrem Hatun all right?

Has the physician examined her?

She is bleeding.

They say she will lose the baby.

God, what a horrible day.

My lion is alive.

You are the first to hear the good news.

The Pasas? Ibrahim? Everyone is all right?

Yes. I read Piri Pasa's letter.

Daye, inform Hurrem Hatun of the good news so she can relax.

She fainted from despair.

She has started bleeding.

Oh, no. That would be terrible. Come on, Daye.

Will they send us?

- Where would we go? - To the old palace.

- Who will ascend the throne? - Prince Mustafa will take the throne.

He is still a child, but the Valide Sultana will look after him.

Is it true, Nigar Kalfa? Will young Mustafa take the throne?

How can you say that?

Sultana Suleyman Khan is alive.

Soon he will return victorious, you will see.

Is the child all right, physician?

Yes, Your Highness, the bleeding has stopped.

Don't worry, Hurrem, the good news has arrived.

His Majesty is alive.

I knew it. I told them so. I said that he wouldn't die.

He promised he wouldn't leave me.

He said no death.

Thank God.

God is great.

Your Majesty, I wanted to be the one to tell you the good news.

We have taken the islands of Helki and Nisiros.

The messengers have just arrived. The sappers have gone to Rhodes.

Thank God.

The wind has turned in our favour, Pargali.

Congratulate my seamen. Make them happy.

We have taken the islands of Helki and Nisiros, which are neighbours of Rhodes.

We proudly raised our banners on the castles' walls.

It was the sappers' victory.

The sappers have now begun digging to reach the walls of the Castle of Rhodes.

A very important Venetian engineer has come to the Castle of Rhodes.

Gabriel Marteningo, I try, but I cannot understand what you are trying to do.

You will understand soon.

Wait.

It is said that this man called Marteningo...

...is a great inventor who engaged in, and won sappers' battles in Europe.

Place them further apart.

Yes, that's it. Lay sand down.

Put more down.

Start digging here immediately.

The only way to take the castle is with sappers.

We will destroy the Ottoman sappers in the tunnel they dig.

Now that I have good news from my lion, it is as if the world is mine.

Thank God, my Valide.

The girl turned out to be hardworking.

She is as graceful as she is beautiful.

She is respectful too when she is composed.

Victoria.

Make sure this girl becomes a Muslim with Sumbul.

I am giving her her name now.

I have it.

I have given you this name for your loyalty.

It is to be Sadıka.

Sadıka, come. The Valide Sultana has named you.

My Sultana, I am overjoyed.

His Majesty has not forgiven me.

Look, I have written a letter but received no reply.

He is angry with me.

He doesn't forget.

He is punishing me.

Pity us.

His Majesty is at war.

How is he to think of your letter?

Don't worry about such things. Be at peace.

I can't, Nigar Kalfa.

Please.

Let's write another letter.

Calm down, my son.

Sleep.

Victoria, you will go hungry. There is no food left. You are late.

Ayse Hatun. Her name is now Sadıka.

From now on you are to call her Sadıka.

Have you become a Muslim?

God give me patience.

You ask too many questions. Mind your own business.

Sadıka.

Go to the Valide Sultana's chamber again and kiss her hand.

All right.

Good evening.

Good evening.

How many months has it been, Your Majesty?

How much more will we be digging this infidel castle?

Are the sappers working slowly?

The infidels are saying that they sank His Majesty's galley...

...and that they scared you off.

Don't put such words in your basket, Ali Hodja.

They are weighing you down.

Those infidels will soon see the Ottoman banner above their castle.

Then they will understand.

Patience, Ali Hodja.

A wrestler is not someone who defeats everyone.

A wrestler is one who can restrain oneself when enraged.

This is what our prophet commanded.

Your Majesty.

Ferhat Paşa has taken Dulkadiroğlu Ali Bey's traitorous head...

- ...and has returned to the capital. - Good.

And we have heard that the grand master is begging for help.

No one can help him now. The siege has tightened.

Ships have gone from Venice to Cyprus.

Obviously Venice is afraid that we will take Cyprus too.

Let them be afraid. Fear is good.

Coban Mustafa Paşa is to set out immediately.

He is to go to Egypt.

He's to defend our position in Damascus, Egypt and Aleppo. Egypt must be secured.

As you command. Your Majesty, Piri Pasa and Ahmet Pasa's galleys...

...have entered the bay and are dropping anchor. They should be here soon.

Good.

The infidels will be worried.

There will be no sleep in the Castle of Rhodes.

Sir, Sultan Murat, son of Sultan Cem has arrived.

Send him in immediately.

Sultan Murat, I sent word to you twice. Why are you late?

- I was ill and bedridden. - The Ottoman fleet has boxed us in.

We cannot leave the castle.

Sultana Suleyman will come after you before me when they arrive.

- He will want to take you back. - This is where I belong.

I will not trust a sultanate that exiled and destroyed my father.

I have a family and a life here.

I can send you to Malta temporarily.

The fishermen can get you to escape from one of the rear coves at night.

We have dug all the way through under the Castle of Rhodes, Your Majesty.

We have been digging tunnels for days.

We are closer to coming up under the castle.

I supervised the digging last night in the tunnel with Ahmet Paşa.

The infidel Rhodians are digging to stop us, Your Majesty.

They are planting gunpowder in our path.

But our brave men are making false noises to distract them...

...and are digging in the opposite direction.

When will we attack?

I am tired of waiting.

I am having mobile ladders made for those castle walls.

I will place such men on those ladders...

...that fire, gunpowder or boiling oil will prove insufficient.

What sort of an invention is that, Your Majesty?

- Aren't they mortal men? - You say your prayers, Ali Hodja.

Tomorrow night you will see what sort of men they are.

Inshallah, tomorrow night at this hour we will be in the castle.

Have our men burn goose feathers and throw them...

...when they get close to the enemy in the tunnels.

They are to run, close the hole and wait.

What will goose feathers do to them, Your Majesty?

The smoke spreads poison, Paşa. It will restrict breathing.

They will be left breathless and floundering there.

You cannot guess how many lairs I've entered thanks to those feathers.

If we were to go in at night and dig and light up the goose feathers...

Ibrahim, come, I need to be there.

They need men to dig, Matrakci, not men to hold a pen.

Ayşe Hatun, where is Nigar Kalfa?

Can you find her for me?

Go and find her yourself. Why are you asking me?

How dare you speak to a Sultana like that.

What Sultana? Who made you a Sultana?

- Ayse, remember your manners. - Am I lying?

How can there be a Sultana who is constantly bashed about...

...and who is always punished? There is one Sultana in this palace.

And that is Sultana Mahidevran. Our noble and beautiful Sultana.

Ayse Hatun, how dare you speak like that?

You are speaking to the mother of a prince. You will be respectful.

- Kalfa, you don't know... - Shut up. Don't answer back.

I heard what you said. I'm not only speaking to you.

I am speaking to all you girls.

I won't forgive anyone who forgets their manners.

Let's go, Nigar Kalfa.

Come with me.

Thank you, Nigar Kalfa.

You are a good person. You protected me.

It is my duty to protect you.

Don't you like me?

- Is it just duty? - Oh, my God.

All right, I do.

Why do they treat me badly?

They are nice to Mahidevran but nasty to me. Why is there no love or respect?

You treat them badly too.

These things go both ways, Hurrem Hatun.

Why were you looking for me?

We were going to write a letter.

His Majesty is waiting for my letter.

You have made me your scribe.

Please, let's write it.

Come on.

All right, let's do it. But this is the last time.

My Sultana.

Hurrem Hatun was arguing with the concubines in the courtyard.

Come and put this on for me.

What was the problem?

She was demanding the same respect they show you.

But Ayse Hatun gave a good answer.

"Who are you to be a Sultana?"

She said that she was not even equal to Sultana Mahidevran's fingernail.

Then Nigar Kalfa came. She shut them all up and told them off.

She is like Hurrem Hatun's shadow.

It's as if she is her mentor.

Summon the Kalfa.

Sadıka, clear away the table. I don't want anything.

My Sultana, my life.

My day is as dark as night.

Oh fire of longing.

Being apart...

Where do you get these words from?

I don't find them. Love makes me say them.

Mashallah.

What is it? Why are you here?

I am not here for you, Hurrem Hatun.

Sultana Mahidevran is calling Nigar Kalfa.

Has something happened?

She cannot go.

She has work to do for me.

Hurrem Hatun, I should go. It may be important.

You shall not go.

I will come back. Wait and we will write it later.

What are you doing here at this time of day?

I am making my bed.

Don't you need to be with the Valide Sultana?

She is resting.

She told me to change my clothes.

Nigar Kalfa.

How many years have you been in the harem?

It must be six years, my Sultana.

You have been here for many years.

And you know the rules well.

But you haven't been yourself lately.

- Have I done something wrong? - How can you compare...

...an upstart concubine with a Sultana.

I would never, my Sultana.

No such thing has happened in your presence.

But Hurrem Hatun is the mother of a prince. And she is now pregnant.

It is our duty to protect her and the baby in her tummy.

Choose well who you will protect...

...and to whom you will show respect, Nigar Kalfa.

Choose well so nothing bad happens to you.

You may take your leave.

Look here.

I will rip your tongue out and throw it to the dogs.

Why are you gossiping?

I will destroy you.

I will tell Pargali that you are that poor girl's murderer.

I don't gossip. I don't know anything about that.

Did the doves in the courtyard tell her what happened today?

There are so many birds in the harem, Kalfa.

Get lost.

Get lost. Don't let me see you.

Nigar.

What is going on here?

Don't ask, Sumbul Agha.

I am caught between two fires.

Hurrem Hatun and Sultana Mahidevran are pulling me apart.

One of them says sit, the other, don't sit. What am I to do?

I have had enough.

Tell me what to do, Sumbul Agha.

You are intelligent.

You know which is the morning sun and which is the evening sun.

Determine your direction accordingly.

Ibrahim, come back.

I can't bear it anymore.

Send me a sign.

I need it so much.

I will return, my Sultana.

I will return safely.

I promised you.

We have been fighting for months.

Your hearts are protected by faith...

...and your chests by belief in our victory.

I have sworn a vow for this jihad.

If I cannot fulfil my vow...

...my throne, my life...

...and my entire Ottoman Empire shall be destroyed!

My life shall be forfeit.

May God bless our cause...

- ...and may our swords be sharp. - Amen.

His Majesty has devised such an invention...

...that the infidel soldiers came face to face with an army...

...that walked on air to the castle at night.

They are coming.

Sir, the Ottomans are attacking in a way we have never seen before.

They have made moving towers. The soldiers are pulling them to the castle.

You will lose the battle if this carries on.

I thought we were going to get support from Venice and Spain?

It is not coming. It cannot come. We are under siege.

When our sappers who dug under the castle...

...came across the tunnel dug by the infidels...

...they made an incredible manoeuvre. They burnt the goose feathers.

Smoke was everywhere. The enemy breathed poison instead of air.

All knights of Latin origin...

...are to vacate the city and island of Rhodes within 10 days.

They are free to go where they please.

They may take their weapons with them. All who wish to remain in Rhodes...

...will be exempt from tax for five years.

No son of Rhodes will ever be conscripted into the janissary corps.

Christian services will be allowed to continue.

No one will be sent off the island against their will.

The knights and their retinues...

...will be assigned ships to take them to the island of Crete.

Both sides are to keep hostages...

...until the conditions of this agreement are fulfilled.

By giving his word, Sultan Suleyman swears that...

...he will abide by this agreement forever, in accordance with...

...the traditions of his ancestors and the laws of the Empire...

...with no ill will or falseness.

Sultan Murat, we have lost.

My knights and I will no longer resist.

I don't want any more men to die.

You still have a chance to escape.

- Go. - I will not run. But I will not surrender.

- What will you do then? - Leave me, protect my sons.

Find the young priest, Paul, at the church. Give this to him.

- Do you understand? - I understand.

Ali Hodja.

You always dreamed of praying here.

Here we are.

The prince is coming.

Come on. Come quickly, come on.

God is great.

Make way.

His Majesty Sultan Suleyman Khan.

The Prince is coming!

- My son is coming! - What will you do if it's a girl?

It will be a son.

- God, may this be blessed. - Amen.

- May she find relief quickly. - Amen.

- May our prince be blessed. - Amen.

I thank God who allowed us to pray here.

God is great.

Rhodes...

...has fallen.

God is great.

God is great.

God is great.

God is great.

God is great.

God is great.