1 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:10,800 The events and characters in this show have been fictionalised based on history. 2 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:12,720 Today, I will... 3 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:17,360 ...teach you how to bow and rise. Now all of you stand up! 4 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:21,240 Get up, quickly! I don't want any laziness! 5 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:23,440 All right, now... 6 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:27,520 ...we tightly clasp our palms together. 7 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:29,080 Good. 8 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:30,440 We bow down... 9 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:34,960 ...with our backs straight... 10 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:38,240 ...and without raising our heads. I'm looking, checking. 11 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:42,040 Straight as an arrow, good. A bit lower. 12 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:44,840 Straight, good. A bit straighter. 13 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,760 Checking again, now stand up! 14 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:50,280 I'll check you individually. 15 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:54,000 Now, girl, clasp your palms. Good. 16 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:58,080 Bow down. Bow, bow, bow. 17 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:00,560 Bow down, dear. 18 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,960 Bow down, girl. Did you swallow a stick? Lean more. 19 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:05,840 Stand up. 20 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,360 What did I last teach you today? 21 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:12,280 What did I last teach you today? 22 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:14,680 "Forbidden, forbidden." 23 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:17,160 You only learned the word "forbidden" today? 24 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:19,920 -Yes, forbidden. -That's quite good. 25 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:23,160 Then we will proceed with that. 26 00:01:23,320 --> 00:01:25,800 Now, prohibitions. It's forbidden to make a racket. 27 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:27,640 It's forbidden to look and see. 28 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:29,520 It's forbidden to gossip. 29 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:31,480 Insubordination is forbidden. 30 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:34,160 Men are forbidden. 31 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:38,920 -Do I make myself clear? -Gül Agha. 32 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:48,760 Men are forbidden? 33 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:50,920 They aren't forbidden because they aren't men. 34 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:55,280 They are men. 35 00:01:55,920 --> 00:02:00,160 They are harem attendants, so they are eunuchs. 36 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,160 Why are you laughing so much? 37 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,080 The moment I leave you alone, you start laughing. 38 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,080 Now, the tailors are waiting with their scissors at hand. 39 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,600 Come on, follow me. Be quick. 40 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,280 You speak first, treasurer. 41 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,280 What is the status of the Imperial Treasury? 42 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:17,600 Thanks to our late Sultan Selim Khan, the treasury is full, Your Majesty. 43 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:19,880 Currently, we have... 44 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:24,960 ...6,380,530 golden ducats in our treasury. 45 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:28,840 The annual income of the Ottoman Empire is 11 million golden ducats. 46 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:35,600 The fact that our treasury is full will hasten our campaign preparations. 47 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:40,400 Pay 3000 of the 5000 silver coins... 48 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:42,800 ...I gave to Janissaries as my enthronement tribute. 49 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:46,080 Add the remaining 2000 as a wage increase. 50 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:49,000 Now... 51 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:54,000 ...do you know why I spread this map out here? 52 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,800 I wanted to lay the world under our feet and examine it. 53 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:03,680 We are not a Balkan empire anymore. 54 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:07,000 We will ride into continental Europe. 55 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:10,840 Belgrade, Buda, Vienna, Rome. 56 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:15,320 We will stab Europe, the heart of the infidels, with our sword. 57 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:17,839 We are not turning our back to the east, of course. 58 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,000 Our borders will go beyond the Caspian Sea. 59 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,760 Hopefully, with Allah's help and your absolute might, Your Majesty. 60 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:26,120 Shah İsmail is not my foe. 61 00:04:26,280 --> 00:04:30,320 My foes are Charles V, Francis, Henry Tudor... 62 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:31,800 ...and the infidels in the Vatican. 63 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:35,720 Our first goal is Rhodes. 64 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,240 The Mediterranean will become an Ottoman sea. 65 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:46,880 Nobody will be able to set sail or unfurl their flag without our knowledge. 66 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,480 We will be the wind, the storm and the thunder! 67 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:03,720 Look, her. 68 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:05,840 Her. 69 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:10,400 That beautiful girl became the sultan's woman... 70 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,000 ...the other night. 71 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,000 -You mean, they had sex? -Yes. 72 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:22,400 Speak in Turkish. Russian is forbidden. 73 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:26,080 Come on, girls, dinner is over. 74 00:05:36,840 --> 00:05:38,280 How was the sultan? 75 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,520 Tell me, did you conceive? 76 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,760 It was like a dream. Handsome, kind. 77 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:46,640 Hopefully I have conceived. 78 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:48,840 I pray for him to desire me again, but.... 79 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,160 But? 80 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:54,240 He is said to have a very beautiful wife. Mahidevran Sultan... 81 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:56,600 ...the mother of his son, Prince Mustafa. 82 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:58,040 Where is she? Here? 83 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,560 She is coming from Manisa soon. 84 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:01,760 Come on, Ayşe! 85 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,880 "Süluyman." 86 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:39,040 Do you require anything, Your Majesty? 87 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,160 I'll work for a while, İbrahim, you may go. 88 00:06:50,280 --> 00:06:53,280 Tomorrow will be your first council meeting. 89 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:56,360 Everyone is curious about the decisions you're about to make. 90 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,800 Do you think the world is ready for my decisions? 91 00:07:02,280 --> 00:07:03,880 Is the empire ready, İbrahim? 92 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:31,360 Sultan Süleyman has his father's gaze. 93 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:33,040 Stern... 94 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:34,880 ...like a fathomless chasm. 95 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:37,080 Mashallah. 96 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:48,200 In the name of the great God. 97 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:55,280 I open the council meeting in the name of Allah, most merciful and gracious. 98 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:08,640 This throne... 99 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:10,680 ...this crown... 100 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:14,280 ...is not more powerful than the laws of Allah. 101 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,680 Our holy book, the Quran... 102 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:21,160 ...commands justice and benevolence. 103 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:25,280 The justice of the empire, the justice of Sultan Süleyman... 104 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:26,600 ...will be done lawfully. 105 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:30,280 Six hundred Egyptian families... 106 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:33,840 ...who were ripped away from their homes and whose pain is known by all... 107 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,159 ...will be able to go back... 108 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:37,799 ...to their homeland, Egypt... 109 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:40,679 ...whenever they so desire. 110 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:42,720 They are our equal subjects. 111 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:48,360 I also remove the thrown-silk ban against Iranian merchants from Tabriz. 112 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:55,440 These people will be compensated for their losses. 113 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,280 Also, those who mistreated these people... 114 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:02,200 ...whoever they may be, will be judged before the law... 115 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:03,840 ...and will be punished. 116 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:07,560 The Quran... 117 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,080 ...commands us to seek justice... 118 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,920 ...and not act arbitrarily... 119 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,200 ...even if it's a matter of two people. 120 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:17,920 For this reason... 121 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:21,840 ...I command that Grand Admiral Cafer Agha... 122 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,160 ...who mistreated these families... 123 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,800 ...who coveted their possessions... 124 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:29,200 ...and the lives of countrymen in Anatolia... 125 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:32,440 ...who shed blood and stole from the innocent, to be put on trial... 126 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:35,560 ...and for his punishment to be meted out immediately. 127 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:38,240 Your Majesty! These are untrue, all lies! 128 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:40,440 Have mercy, Your Majesty. It's all slander! 129 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:42,000 Sheer calumny! 130 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:44,880 All untrue! All lies! 131 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:47,200 It's all slander, Your Majesty! Have mercy! 132 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:49,800 Your Majesty! 133 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:54,080 Lies, slander! All lies! 134 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:55,360 Allah! 135 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:57,800 Your Majesty-- 136 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:01,240 Help me, Pargalı, please! 137 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:04,320 Stand by your actions like a man, Cafer Agha. Don't cry. 138 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:06,880 Hold your head high. Don't beg. 139 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:09,560 This is Sultan Süleyman's justice, nobody can change it. 140 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:14,280 It's all slander! It's all lies! Allah! 141 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:21,600 You are the best at training the girls in the harem, Daye. 142 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,000 What happened with that bad-tempered girl from Crimea? 143 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:26,440 Did you teach her a lesson? 144 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:28,320 She is restless... 145 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:30,160 ...but she learns fast. 146 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,080 -She is quite sharp. -We don't need them clever. 147 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:35,040 We need them well-behaved, Daye. 148 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,080 Don't spoil her. 149 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:39,680 She is beautiful, Mother. 150 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:41,920 Beauty is fleeting, my Hatice. 151 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:44,080 I knew many beauties... 152 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:47,640 ...who now live in the mud inside adobe houses. 153 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:54,160 -What is it, Sümbül Agha? -My valide sultan... 154 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,680 ...His Majesty, Süleyman Khan... 155 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:01,280 ...has asked for the head of Grand Admiral Cafer Agha. 156 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:07,800 My lion, my Süleyman, has seen fit to do so. 157 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,920 His judgement is always free of error. 158 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:17,880 Sümbül, have a great feast prepared for my lion tonight. 159 00:11:18,680 --> 00:11:20,160 I want it to be perfect. 160 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:23,320 Have the most beautiful concubines prepared for him. 161 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:25,480 Have them play and sing. 162 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:28,680 Make sure Concierge İbrahim is with you. 163 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:30,280 Choose them together. 164 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:52,640 Hear ye, hear ye! His Majesty has ordered... 165 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:54,520 ...that our tribute be paid right away! 166 00:11:54,680 --> 00:11:56,880 We are getting 3000 silver coins tomorrow! 167 00:11:57,040 --> 00:11:58,680 And a 2000 wage increase! 168 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:00,960 Long live the padishah! 169 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:02,640 Long live the padishah! 170 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:04,360 Long live the padishah! 171 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:09,280 May he live long! This is a godsend! 172 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:16,720 Good morning, Şeker Agha. Have a seat. 173 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:21,520 -Bring my sharbat and pastries. -Quick, boy! 174 00:12:21,680 --> 00:12:24,960 And you two look for bulgur and rice. Come on! 175 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:32,120 Look, my agha, these came in this morning. I set them aside for you. 176 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:35,600 What a liar. These were here three days ago. 177 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:37,400 I recognised this from its neck. 178 00:12:37,560 --> 00:12:40,800 You probably already carved their livers out. 179 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,280 Bring me those geese livers right now. Quickly! 180 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:44,800 Right away, my agha! 181 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:57,040 Sultan Süleyman came to decisions faster than his father. 182 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,360 Cafer Agha is going to lose his head. 183 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:01,280 I wonder what's next. 184 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:03,360 Did you know he'd make these decisions? 185 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:04,680 No. 186 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:06,960 He asked me about the last days of his father. 187 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:09,480 He is his son after all. He was curious. 188 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:11,320 He asked if his father suffered. 189 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:13,680 Anything else? Anything about us? 190 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:16,920 He didn't tell me anything else. 191 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:18,840 The sharbat pitcher... 192 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,520 ...is held like this. 193 00:13:21,680 --> 00:13:24,760 Bend your knees slowly. 194 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:27,320 Hold its handle gently. 195 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:29,040 Lean. 196 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:33,680 Hold it gently with both hands. 197 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:37,320 Bend your knees slowly. All right. 198 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:40,320 With both hands. Lean. 199 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,280 Raise your elbow. 200 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:46,440 -Girls! -Who is she? 201 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,560 Leave her. She is Alexandra, the Crimean lunatic. 202 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:52,040 She is Crimean? 203 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:55,280 Ruthenian. She was the daughter of an Orthodox priest. 204 00:13:56,560 --> 00:13:59,240 Raise your elbows higher. Both of them. 205 00:13:59,920 --> 00:14:02,000 -Orthodox? -Orthodox. 206 00:14:02,560 --> 00:14:05,400 Tatar bandits abducted her from her village. 207 00:14:05,560 --> 00:14:08,760 They sold her to the Crimean Palace, and then they sent her here. 208 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:11,880 If you could see the way she was when she first came.... 209 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:14,760 So insolent, so impudent.... 210 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,680 But I'm teaching her manners now. 211 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:24,680 Prepare that Crimean girl, Sümbül Agha. 212 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:26,840 -Alexandra? -Yes. 213 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,080 The one beside her as well. 214 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:31,440 -The short one? -Yes. 215 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:35,040 And that one facing away from us. 216 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:37,400 The one that's smiling? 217 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:43,440 Matrakçı! 218 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:46,920 Come, drink a sharbat before you break your arms too. 219 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,760 -Come. -Come here. 220 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:54,400 Come on. 221 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:58,200 What happened? 222 00:14:58,360 --> 00:14:59,960 Nothing. I fell. 223 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:02,680 And they're making fun of me. 224 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:04,000 I've become a joke. 225 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:06,080 How is the air up there, Matrakçı? 226 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:10,400 Good. Here, look. 227 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:13,280 The navy is in the Bosporus. 228 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:15,760 Gun carriages are on the way from Haliç to Sarayburnu. 229 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:18,960 They're waiting for Sultan Süleyman to start the new campaign. 230 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:21,400 The Janissary battalions are gathering in Etmeydanı. 231 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,000 -Bring Matrakçı a sharbat on me! -Thanks. 232 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:29,000 Very well done. You're working hard on these, but do they serve any purpose? 233 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:31,120 I'm writing the Book of Süleyman . 234 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:33,760 Day by day, I and this city will record these events. 235 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:39,080 Sultans will pass, I will pass, but these will stay. 236 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,680 Do you understand, Şeker Agha? 237 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:47,200 Hear ye, hear ye! 238 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:52,240 Sultan Süleyman asked for the head of Grand Admiral Kanlı Cafer Agha. 239 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:54,760 Cafer Agha will be executed. 240 00:15:54,920 --> 00:16:00,640 That's not all. The captive Egyptian merchants are pardoned. They're free. 241 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:02,360 The thrown-silk ban is lifted. 242 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:04,800 Long live the padishah! 243 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,320 Long live the padishah! 244 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:11,320 Mother, this palace is so big. 245 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:13,920 Is this my palace? 246 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:15,960 Yes, son. It's your palace. 247 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:17,200 Our palace. 248 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:20,440 I'll get lost in here. 249 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,120 How will I find you? 250 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:27,560 I'll always be by your side. 251 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:29,360 Don't be afraid. 252 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:31,960 Let's go, your grandmother is waiting. 253 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:41,240 The valide sultan ordered festivities to be prepared for tonight's feast. 254 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:42,840 I went with Sümbül Agha... 255 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:46,120 ...to pick from the Crimean concubines to entertain you. 256 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:51,400 Alexandra, the girl who fainted when she saw you, is among them. 257 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:53,440 You didn't talk with her, did you? 258 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:55,760 I wouldn't dare, Your Majesty. 259 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:58,600 Sümbül Agha told me how she was brought from Crimea. 260 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:00,680 She is from Crimea, you say? 261 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:08,680 Your Majesty, Prince Mustafa has arrived. 262 00:17:08,839 --> 00:17:11,960 -He is in Valide Sultan's chamber. -Congratulations! 263 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:15,119 Pargalı, my son awaits. We'll talk later. 264 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:20,119 My Mustafa. How I missed you, my dear. 265 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:21,640 The apple of my eye. 266 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,400 -My Mustafa, did you miss me too? -I did. 267 00:17:26,319 --> 00:17:28,440 Where is Father? Take me to Father. 268 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:31,800 Your father must be busy, not now. You'll see him later. 269 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:33,600 Isn't that right, Hatice? 270 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:34,800 It is, Mustafa. 271 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:38,200 I order you, take me to him. 272 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:40,720 Isn't this my palace? 273 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:42,960 I'm the owner of this palace! 274 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:47,320 How can he talk like this? 275 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:49,680 Are you teaching this to a 5-year-old? 276 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:53,800 How dare you. 277 00:17:57,080 --> 00:17:58,800 Forgive me, my valide. 278 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:00,600 Come here, Mustafa! 279 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:02,160 Come! 280 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:07,920 This palace has but one owner, Mustafa. 281 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:10,840 His Excellency, Sultan Süleyman Khan. 282 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:15,200 -Let me hear you repeat it. -His Excellency, Sultan Süleyman Khan. 283 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,880 I will not hear such words again. 284 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:21,640 Now go, play outside. 285 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:23,000 Take him outside. 286 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:32,040 He is only a child, my valide. He was just talking nonsense. 287 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:33,720 Forgive me. 288 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:37,200 Mothers must be clever, Mahidevran. 289 00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:40,200 You can't discipline a prince like this. 290 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:50,360 Look at the favourites' clothes. 291 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:52,440 Look at the jewellery. 292 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:58,640 They sleep in beautiful rooms, on feather beds. 293 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:01,920 And us, Maria? 294 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:04,000 Look at us. 295 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:06,560 Maybe we will be like them some day. 296 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:13,000 The sultan's chief consort and his son have arrived. 297 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:14,920 Mahidevran Sultan. 298 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:16,280 She is beautiful. 299 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:19,680 I wouldn't care if they died. 300 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:23,680 Be quiet. Jesus Christ, Alex! 301 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:27,920 They're coming here. Did they hear us? 302 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:30,120 You... 303 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:34,120 ...and you. 304 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:39,120 Maria, Alexandra, come on. We're going. 305 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:43,640 Prohibition, punishment, beating? 306 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:48,760 Come on, after you. 307 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:52,680 You will be busy tonight. You will entertain Sultan Süleyman. 308 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:54,200 Do you know how to dance or sing? 309 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:58,080 Dancing, stupid girls. 310 00:19:58,240 --> 00:19:59,800 Watch and learn. 311 00:19:59,960 --> 00:20:01,920 Dancing... 312 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:06,320 ...just like this. Dancing smoothly. 313 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:10,320 Go on! Let's go! 314 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:16,920 Mustafa? 315 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:19,440 -Father! -My son! 316 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:24,600 My little one, my dear son. 317 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:27,240 I missed you so much, my Mustafa. 318 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:37,240 Welcome... 319 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,520 ...we missed you. 320 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:42,840 We missed you too, my sultan. 321 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,160 Where is İbrahim? Take me to him. 322 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:46,920 Later, son. 323 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:50,760 Go on to your chambers, settle in, rest. You have come a long way. 324 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:11,400 Gülşah, put Mustafa to sleep. It's time. 325 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:15,520 I won't sleep! My father is coming, İbrahim is coming! 326 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:18,000 Stop shouting, Mustafa. I have a headache. 327 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,040 Gülşah, I'm talking to you. 328 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:26,840 Let's go, my pasha. 329 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:29,040 I order you to let go of me. 330 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:32,280 Of course, my pasha. Of course, my prince. 331 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:38,800 Welcome. 332 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:42,360 Mustafa has grown so much, mashallah. 333 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:44,360 Do you need anything? 334 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:45,880 No. 335 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:00,520 Put that back, it's priceless. 336 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:02,600 I don't want it to break. 337 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:13,840 We can send in concubines to help, if you wish. 338 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:15,960 I don't want them. 339 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,880 You are alone on your first night. 340 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,520 There will be great festivities for His Majesty tonight. 341 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:26,200 Music, dancing, everything. 342 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,280 Is that so? 343 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:33,080 Who is preparing them? 344 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:35,640 Valide Sultan. Didn't you know? 345 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:42,480 Girls! Come and take these! 346 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:45,680 Do you call this cleaning? 347 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:47,840 Come on, faster! 348 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,240 I'll be going, if you don't need anything. 349 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:54,840 Have a good night. 350 00:24:07,120 --> 00:24:09,960 Your chamber looks nice. Do you like it? 351 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:14,120 Is there something wrong, Mahidevran? 352 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,800 Leave us, get out. 353 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:31,160 Okay, I'm listening. 354 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:35,560 His Majesty will be at the festivities tonight. 355 00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:38,800 On our first night. 356 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:41,360 Was my son supposed to ask for your permission? 357 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,480 You are the mother of a prince. 358 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,080 You are His Majesty's most favoured. 359 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:33,960 There are hundreds of women who want to take your place. 360 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,960 Stop whining like a little girl. 361 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:39,440 Or this palace will devour you. 362 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:41,960 Now, come to your senses... 363 00:26:42,120 --> 00:26:45,360 ...and sit in your chambers as the chief consort. 364 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,200 Forgive me, my valide. I upset you. 365 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,760 I don't get upset over simple things like this, girl. 366 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:01,120 Sleep well now. Tomorrow is a new day. 367 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:26,400 Your handkerchief looks quite nice. 368 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:28,200 Take care of that handkerchief. 369 00:28:28,360 --> 00:28:29,960 It's the key to your prosperity. 370 00:28:30,120 --> 00:28:33,600 You will walk through the golden way thanks to that. 371 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:35,640 I don't understand. Tomorrow night? 372 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:37,440 Nigar kalfa. 373 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:39,760 The sultan is waiting for you. 374 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,280 You will lie with him tomorrow night. 375 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:43,480 Lay? 376 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:45,800 You will sleep with him. 377 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:52,720 Do you think I didn't see how you danced to seduce him? 378 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:57,240 Stop with the gullible slave-girl facade, Alexandra. 379 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:01,120 Alexandra... 380 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:03,720 ...you enchanted the sultan. You are an enchantress. 381 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:05,680 You really are something. 382 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:08,520 Are you jealous, Maria? 383 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:53,400 "Someone whose massacres are officially recognised... 384 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:55,760 ...and witnessed by the naval chamberlain... 385 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:59,400 ...who seizes the properties of landowners by bloodshed and therefore... 386 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:02,440 ...erodes the Ottoman Empire's credibility... 387 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:05,920 ...cannot be considered an honourable member of the Ottoman army. 388 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:09,040 Cafer Agha is sentenced to death. 389 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:12,120 The sentence is to be carried out immediately." 390 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:15,280 So my lion was pleased with the festivities? 391 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:17,760 He gave the purple handkerchief to Alexandra. 392 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:21,040 You wouldn't believe how she danced. 393 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:22,920 I didn't expect that from her. 394 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:24,800 She turned out to be quite skilled. 395 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:28,320 Don't neglect Alexandra's training just because... 396 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:29,880 ...she received the purple handkerchief. 397 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:31,880 Prepare her well for tonight. 398 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:34,240 I don't want any insolence from her. 399 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,960 -Are you Alexandra? -Yes, I'm going to the hamam. 400 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:05,680 Forget about that. You can go later. We have things to do. 401 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:08,040 Come with me. 402 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:42,280 Are you ready, captain? 403 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:43,960 We are ready. 404 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:46,440 The Executioner Kara Ali... 405 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:49,400 ...is awaiting orders from His Majesty. 406 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,880 You're just what we need, Venetian ambassador. 407 00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:11,920 But you're late, you missed the great tragedy. 408 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:22,159 Gather these up and put them in the chest. 409 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:26,800 Stop staring at me, work! 410 00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:28,440 Me? 411 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:31,920 Don't you like the job? Shall we find you something else? 412 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,600 Do it neatly, Alexandra. 413 00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:32,080 Let's go. 414 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:50,360 Who is this woman? 415 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:52,920 She is Sultan Süleyman's chief consort... 416 00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:55,080 ...Mahidevran Sultan. 417 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:12,120 Did you take his weapons? 418 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,720 The ambassador to the Republic of Venice, Tommaso Mocenigo. 419 00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:18,600 We congratulate the tenth sultan of the Ottoman Empire... 420 00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:20,880 ...Sultan Süleyman Khan, on his rise to the throne... 421 00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:22,480 ...on behalf of the doge of Venice... 422 00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:24,600 ...and hope for the strengthened continuation... 423 00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:28,000 ...of our good relations as it has been in the past. 424 00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:30,480 Do you accept these good wishes, Your Majesty? 425 00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:34,560 We accept all wishes that carry no hostility or dissension. 426 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:37,000 As long as the promises are kept... 427 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:41,400 ...and our law is respected. Or else.... 428 00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:48,560 His Majesty accepts your good wishes and expresses his gratitude. 429 00:37:50,240 --> 00:37:52,400 During this era of peace.... 430 00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:54,440 It's true that Sultan Süleyman... 431 00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:56,680 ...accepts your good wishes. 432 00:37:56,840 --> 00:37:59,640 But there's an important detail. 433 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,280 He asks Venice to keep their promises. 434 00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:05,360 He wants no dissension and expects respect for our laws. 435 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:15,440 I understand. How do you speak our language so well? 436 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:16,960 It is my mother tongue. 437 00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:19,600 My mother was Venetian. 438 00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:24,040 Pargalı, ask him this: 439 00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:28,000 When will Charles V and Francis go to war? Who will declare himself the kaiser? 440 00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:30,360 With whom will Venice side? 441 00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:33,960 The sultan never addresses an ambassador unmediated. 442 00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:44,080 We pray to God for a war like this to never break out... 443 00:38:44,240 --> 00:38:47,240 ...so we don't have to side with or make alliances with anyone. 444 00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:51,480 Charles V longs to be the Holy Roman Emperor. 445 00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:55,360 He will start the war as soon as possible, maybe even tomorrow. 446 00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:58,440 A new Crusade would be a dream. They learned their lesson. 447 00:39:02,720 --> 00:39:06,840 What is he doing in the audience room? How can he interrupt? Impudent. 448 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:08,560 Where does he get the encouragement? 449 00:39:08,720 --> 00:39:10,840 Where do you think? From his sultan. 450 00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:14,560 The infidels will fight among themselves. 451 00:39:14,720 --> 00:39:16,960 Your small states couldn't maintain unity in Italy. 452 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:18,720 They will devour you. 453 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:20,760 Venice, Naples, Florence.... 454 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:23,640 Your papal power is in pieces. 455 00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:26,240 You can't save your rule with trade. 456 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:29,600 You need a powerful army for strong trade. 457 00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:36,640 My sultan, we know the might of your army. 458 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:39,520 The whole eastern trade is in the Ottoman Empire's hands. 459 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:42,560 The Silk Road and the spice trade routes go through your lands. 460 00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:44,720 Tell him... 461 00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:48,600 ...the West's, the Mediterranean's trade routes will go through us too. 462 00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:50,400 We will own the Mediterranean Sea. 463 00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:01,000 Where have you been? 464 00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:03,600 I was with the sultan's wife. 465 00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:06,000 Are you crazy? Why were you with her? They'll kill you! 466 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:09,120 I went to her and said: 467 00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:11,720 "You aren't his woman anymore. 468 00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:14,240 Forget it. I won't be his woman for a night. 469 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:16,800 I will be his woman for 1001 nights. 470 00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:19,560 I will make Süleyman my slave." 471 00:40:19,720 --> 00:40:21,480 You are finished, Alex! 472 00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:24,080 They will throw you to the sea, you will be eaten by fish! 473 00:40:24,240 --> 00:40:25,560 Are you crazy? How could you? 474 00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:28,320 She sent for me and I went to her. 475 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:37,520 Don't be afraid. It's a joke. 476 00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:39,360 You are so cruel, Alex. 477 00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:41,760 You really are-- 478 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,400 Why have you still not gone to the hamam, Alexandra? 479 00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:52,840 Go on! It's almost night and you're still not ready. Go! 480 00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:56,240 Come on, girls, get up! 481 00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:14,200 I need to see Joshua Effendi. 482 00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:17,280 I need some information about the market. 483 00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:20,040 I will write a report. 484 00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:23,960 Let's see what the tradesmen say about the new sultan. 485 00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:28,400 You should've seen the way that unbending... 486 00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:29,640 ...Kanlı Cafer looked. 487 00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:32,160 He could barely walk. He was finished. 488 00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:35,760 What goes around comes around. 489 00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:38,840 -There is divine justice. -This is not divine justice. 490 00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:40,840 This is Sultan Süleyman's justice. 491 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,920 The minute he came into power, Cafer lost his head. 492 00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:45,760 True. 493 00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:50,600 The Venetian ambassador was there too. He must've been scared to death. 494 00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:54,000 Signor Mocenigo! 495 00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:57,480 Come, have a sharbat. 496 00:41:57,640 --> 00:41:59,680 Thank you, Matrakçı Nasuh Effendi. 497 00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:01,960 I have an engagement with Joshua Effendi. 498 00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:04,400 Of course. Of course. 499 00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:07,160 Of course, go to him. Money begets money. 500 00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:09,600 I'm a little fish when there's a Jewish financier. 501 00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:16,560 It's an honour, Signor Tommaso. How can I help you? 502 00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:20,000 How are you, Signor Joshua? 503 00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:21,840 How is business? How is the market? 504 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:24,000 Mashallah. Mashallah, very good. 505 00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:25,680 The new sultan arrived... 506 00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:28,320 ...and the market came to life. 507 00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:31,520 Gold is flying all over the place. 508 00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:33,120 Long live Sultan Süleyman! 509 00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:40,280 She is going to be with Sultan Süleyman for not one night... 510 00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:42,680 ...but 1001 nights and turn him into her slave? 511 00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:44,640 That's exactly what she said, my lady. 512 00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:46,560 I heard her with my own ears. 513 00:42:46,720 --> 00:42:48,640 Very well, Daye. You may leave. 514 00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:51,360 Keep your eye on that disobedient girl. 515 00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:54,560 I know what to do. 516 00:42:54,720 --> 00:42:55,920 Send for Mahidevran. 517 00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:39,400 Sultan Süleyman, into whose presence we were accepted today, welcomed me. 518 00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:41,720 He is young and handsome. 519 00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:45,880 He has determined, affecting eyes. 520 00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:51,200 His calm, confident manner is the exact opposite... 521 00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:54,480 ...of his father's stern and short-tempered personality. 522 00:43:57,360 --> 00:44:00,400 He has a distant and noble appearance. 523 00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:03,960 Even though his ascension to the throne was recent... 524 00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:07,240 ...he now makes swift decisions and acts upon them. 525 00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:10,600 He has already won over the people. 526 00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:15,360 Another surprising matter is that he is following our world closely. 527 00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:19,240 And he says this about the future of Charles V and France: 528 00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:23,320 You will go to war amongst yourselves and I will own the Mediterranean. 529 00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:01,680 Your Majesty, your sharbat. 530 00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:07,520 Your fate may change tonight. 531 00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:14,040 Be a noble lady, worthy of His Majesty. 532 00:47:39,160 --> 00:47:40,440 Out. 533 00:47:47,480 --> 00:47:48,840 Wait. 534 00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:16,880 Your Majesty, your beloved subject is here.