"The events and characters in this show have been fictionalized based on history." "MAGNIFICENT CENTURY" "I know about the business of the ring." "There are no secrets in this palace." "Quite so." "How else would things get done." "Never mind." "I am more than happy with you being quiet and amenable." "Such dignity befits you as a mother of two princes and a sultan." "Thank you, my Valide." "Your advice has shown me the way." "Looking back, I realise how childish I was." "That's right." "Well done." "I would be most happy if you would stay for dinner." "Another evening, I hope." "It's late." "I should go." "You're surprised aren't you?" "I have concubines more loyal than you in this palace, Nigar Hatun." "Be careful." "My Sultan, Hürrem Hatun told me to give it to you." "Why?" "As you know he is painting her." "He protected the princes in the revolt." "Hürrem Hatun wanted to reward him." "That's all?" "Yes." "What else could it be?" "Good." "Keep your eyes and ears open." "I will be waiting for news." "You may retire." "What are you doing, Suleiman?" "Why are you there?" "Sultan Hürrem." "His Majesty will be staying at İbrahim Pasha's palace." "Nigar, you are late." "I know already, you are always late." "At İbrahim Pasha's palace?" "Are you deaf?" "She just said so." "He's staying there tonight." "Don't be angry." "I only said so because-- You know, Sadıka Hatun is there." "You speak too much, Gülnihal." "What are you saying?" "Is he with her?" "No." "I only" "Be quiet!" "Go away." "Leave me alone." "Forgive me, Ariel." "I did not mean to betray you." "He caught me off-guard." "I didn't have my dagger with me." "I couldn't kill him with my bare hands." "How could I--?" "With your killer...." "Please forgive me." "Because I will never forgive myself." "Forgive me, Ariel." "His Majesty stayed with us last night." "He didn't refuse me." "What a lovely start to the day." "Let's keep that chamber ready at all times so His Majesty can stay when he visits." "I will tell Sadıka." "İbrahim." "Is there something troubling you?" "You were tossing and turning all night." "I have important matters to attend to." "I need to go to the palace." "Come back early." "I miss you." "Call Sadıka Hatun." "Tell her to come to the back garden." "Mother, let's go out to the garden." "We will go a bit later, my son." "Your mother has something important to do." "Gülnihal!" "Give me my daughter." "Go to Nigar Kalfa." "Tell her to have the carriage prepared." "What has happened?" "I am going to Sultan Hatice's palace." "Has His Majesty summoned you?" "I want to come to see my aunt too." "Me too." "I said no." "I will take you some other time." "Come on Gülnihal!" "My Pasha." "Whatever happened in that room last night will remain there." "You are to tell no one of this." "My Pasha, I" "Do you understand?" "Don't worry, this is our secret." "When the time comes you will leave this palace as a virgin bride." "You have been entrusted to me." "I hope it's going well." "Ahmet Çelebi." "Welcome, Nasuh Effendi." "What brings you here?" "I come on business for Sultan Suleiman Khan." "This man's name is Leo." "He is from Crimea." "He has been given the honour of painting our Padishah's image." "He is to work here as of now by order of His Majesty." "I am sure there are many things that Leo can learn from you." "I'm sure you will learn from his craftsmanship too." "Leo, this is the master muralist, Ahmet Çelebi." "Mark him well." "Not at all, Nasuh Effendi." "Don't exaggerate and embarrass me." "We are still at the start of the path." "The journey to perfection will take long." "Did Mustafa complain?" "He insisted on seeing Mehmet." "I said that we would see after class." "Come and put this on." "Gülşah, why are you making that face?" "You were like this in the hamam yesterday." "Something is troubling you." "Nigar Kalfa is giving me trouble." "Did she do something?" "No." "But...." "I think you shouldn't trust her, my Sultan." "Of course I don't trust her." "She only thinks about her own interests." "Never mind." "That painter Leo Effendi or whatever his name is." "I asked Nigar about him yesterday and she panicked." "There is something but...." "Keep an eye on her." "Hürrem, welcome." "My Sultan, I was wondering how you were doing." "When His Majesty stayed here last night, I feared the worst." "Has something happened?" "I was worried that you had taken ill." "Don't worry." "As you can see, I'm all right." "İbrahim's return and my family's care is curing me swiftly." "I insisted that His Majesty stay." "He didn't refuse me." "And so he stayed." "Come, let's move over there." "Sadıka." "Yes, my Sultan?" "Have them prepare some cold sharbat." "Bring some pastries too." "Hürrem likes them." "Welcome, my Sultan." "Very nice." "How very detailed." "Nasuh Effendi, this is difficult work." "Don't worry." "You will be competent in no time." "I hope all is well, Effendis." "Grand Vizier." "Please don't stand." "Don't trouble yourselves." "You have honoured our workshop." "Ahmet Çelebi." "Matrakçı." "Well, Leo Effendi, do you like it here?" "There are great masters here." "They are the stars of this realm." "You are very lucky." "Yes, my Pasha." "Thank you." "My Pasha, Leo will learn all there is to learn thanks to these teachers." "Embroidery, miniature." "Then I will be left without a job!" "Leo, I have something to ask of you." "Yes, my Pasha." "I want you to paint a bird for me." "Just one bird." "The Simurg ." "Paint it for me so I can have a brooch made." "I understand, my Pasha." "As you command." "Give me a bit of time" "You don't have much time." "Matrakçı." "Ahmet Çelebi." "Good luck, Effendis." "This is a mural workshop." "We have a certain order here." "Regardless of how you came to be here you will conform with this order." "And you will take orders from me." "His Majesty likes this palace." "He must have been very happy last night." "They worked for long hours with İbrahim." "Working makes them happy, Hürrem." "They get so engrossed in it." "I am also at peace in this palace." "Let's have dinner again one evening." "Bring the children." "They can play in the garden." "I don't want to be alone." "I want there to always be people coming and going so this place feels alive." "I never forget that nightmare night." "Yes." "Don't think about it." "It has passed." "It's over." "I can't help it." "I really wanted that baby." "Then have another baby." "A baby would make you better." "The Pasha would want it too." "A new baby is a new excitement." "My Sultan, you need to come." "The new cupboards have arrived." "Where should they put them?" "I will see to them later." "No, you should go." "I'm not in a hurry." "I will be here." "All right then, I'm coming." "Your Majesty, Leo has begun work in the workshop." "I just visited him." "Good." "Let him work and learn something from our craftsmen." "Your Majesty, Ayas Pasha requests an audience." "What could it be?" "What is this important matter, Pasha?" "It's Ferhat Pasha, Your Majesty." "There is a flood of complaints claiming that he has set up his own system in Semendire." "How you investigated the truth of the matter?" "Knowing your concern about such matters I completed the necessary investigations before coming." "I'm afraid the complaints are not unfounded." "Is there anything else?" "No, Your Majesty." "You may retire." "What do you think, İbrahim Pasha?" "How many is this now?" "Your Majesty, if you wish I could also" "There is no need." "If advice does not work, admonish him." "If admonishment does not work, beat him." "Convene the council tomorrow." "See to the matter." "And invite one subject who has complaints concerning Ferhat Pasha and listen to him." "Do not be concerned." "I will be subtle." "Where is Hürrem?" "I don't know my Sultan." "Maybe she went out to the garden." "Hürrem." "My Sultan." "I was looking for you." "Where were you?" "Forgive me." "I suddenly felt ill." "My face was flushed so I went and washed it." "What happened?" "A pain started in my stomach." "It will pass." "By your leave, I will return to the palace." "It will be all right." "You can rest here if you like." "I mustn't be late." "The children are waiting." "All right, if that's what you want." "Kiss the children for me." "Sadıka, accompany Sultan Hürrem." "Make way!" "Sadıka, is this yours?" "Sultan Hatice doesn't use such fabric." "This is cheap." "You dropped it on the stairs." "Yes." "It's mine, my Sultan." "I apologise." "Sadıka, be careful." "Don't run too fast." "You will fall." "Suleiman, when I am so in love how can you lie with other women?" "I am not Mahidevran." "Don't do this to me." "Don't." "Don't torture me." "What did you do today?" "How was your day?" "Did you think of me?" "Of course I did." "I didn't do much." "Hürrem came by." "Hürrem Hatun came here?" "She was worried about me and wanted to see me." "Hürrem Hatun has become quite thoughtful and caring." "Mashallah." "I hope she continues to be so." "Because she holds His Majesty's happiness and peace in her eyes." "I want to give you the same happiness and peace." "I have everything I was looking for in these eyes." "My only fear is to lose you or to be apart." "Let's journey through the Sea of Happiness together." "Allah forbid." "Allah." "Please hear me." "Erase these thoughts from my mind." "Take away these troubles." "Take them away." "Nigar Kalfa." "Do you have a death wish?" "Don't be angry." "My Sultan wishes to see you." "That's all I came to say." "Did you tell her what happened in the hamam?" "I will rip your head off." "I swear I didn't say anything." "Don't you dare." "I will tell İbrahim Pasha everything you have done." "Let's go." "My Sultan." "Sümbül Agha." "Yes, my Sultan?" "Yes?" "You came here!" "His Majesty summons you." "My Sultan?" "Sümbül Agha, go." "I will prepare." "Are you still here?" "You summoned me, my Sultan?" "Sit here." "I said sit." "Consider this your first gift." "You will tell me everything you know." "The more you tell, the more I will give." "I'm sure there must be something secret." "Is that not so?" "My Sultan...." "Here." "This is yours too." "Actually, there is something." "But I'm still following it up." "I wouldn't want to say anything until I'm sure." "Understood." "Then I will be waiting to hear from you." "If I like what you tell me, I will make you the Head Kalfa." "Head Kalfa?" "Your Majesty." "Come, my Hürrem." "My smiling face, my joy." "I couldn't make it yesterday." "I had to work with İbrahim." "But we will make up for it tonight." "I have had a table prepared on the terrace overlooking the Bosporous." "Something has happened." "What's troubling you?" "Suleiman, when you are away from the palace, my heart does not beat." "I sent word." "Didn't they tell you?" "They did but" "But what?" "What is why?" "Why are your eyes filled with tears?" "Nothing." "Like I said, I was afraid." "Don't be afraid." "Here I am." "Come on." "Ayas Pasha." "Yes, Mufti." "Will His Majesty be joining the Council?" "I came even thought I was ill." "They didn't feel it was necessary." "Won't İbrahim Pasha suffice?" "If that's what the Padishah commanded." "Grand Vizier İbrahim Pasha." "I open the Council meeting in the name of Allah the most gracious and merciful." "Pashas, Zembilli Ali Hodja Effendi." "I would first like to speak of Ferhat Pasha, the governor of Semendire." "Summon the subject from Semendire." "Let's hear him out." "What is your name?" "Yahya, Grand Vizier." "I have travelled for ten days from the village of Orta Bahçe..." "...in Semendire." "Welcome, Yahya Effendi." "Tell us your problem." "I have many problems, but no solutions." "How should I say this...." "Yahya Effendi, don't be afraid." "We are here to solve your problem." "This Council is where the justice of Sultan Suleiman Khan is dispensed." "Don't be afraid." "Tell us." "Your Majesty, I don't understand the janissaries." "I went to the corps and they showed me great love and honour." "I thought they liked me." "Why did they try to kill me?" "Why did they try to burn the palace?" "To be liked is good." "But alone, it is not enough." "They need to fear you too." "Your subjects will respect and fear you." "Do you understand?" "As soon as Ferhat Pasha arrived he created new taxes in breach of the old ways." "He is demanding a town toll, called a horseshoe tax." "He's established taxes such as the fealty tax, bail tax and a tax for non-Muslim men." "I sold five of my cows to pay Ferhat Pasha's taxes." "I have only two left." "We hide the chickens in the village so that they are not taken from us." "Everyone is hungry, even children and the elderly." "If you don't have money, your life is worth nothing." "They are threatening us with burning the village." "Bribery is widespread." "His soldiers demand payment for crossing bridges like in the story of Deli Dumrul." "The Judge of Semendire, who should be dispensing" "His Majesty's justice, is turning a blind eye." "Is there anything else you wish to say?" "We ask for justice from His Majesty and you, my Pasha." "You may retire." "His Majesty prides himself on being just." "He needs to address these concerns." "Do you doubt that he will, Hodja Effendi?" "İbrahim Pasha, as I said back in the day if His Majesty had punished him then we would not be hearing these complaints now." "This is an old matter." "When Ferhat Pasha took the head of Ali son of Şehsuvar, he should have been punished." "The more he was coddled, the more he went out of control." "His Majesty was charged with defending Yahya by Allah." "If the people are oppressed, order will break down." "If order breaks down, the government will weaken." "No crime will be left unpunished." "Sooner or later, justice will be delivered, Hodja Effendi." "Kalfa Hatun!" "Are you crazy?" "What are you doing?" "Please give this to Sultan Hürrem." "What is it?" "I don't want this gold." "Take it." "I can't do that." "It's rude." "Rude?" "Rude." "You speak my language?" "Not really." "Just a few words." "Not much." "Thank you very much." "But I can't accept it." "As you wish." "Give it here." ""Alexsandra, I have tried very hard but it is impossible for me to forget your face." "Don't worry." "I won't hurt you."" "Nigar Kalfa." "Your head is in the clouds!" "You have really neglected your work!" "I'm here, Sümbül Agha." "Ready for you orders." "Don't say that." "People will think it's true." "You speak too much too." "If I say one, I hear a thousand." "Sultan Beyhan arrived." "We are going to welcome her." "I can't, Sultan Hürrem is waiting." "Go on then." "You stick to her skirts." "As if there are no other Sultans in the palace." "Send word to Semendire to Ferhat Pasha for him to come swiftly." "He is not to be told of what we know." "As you command, my Pasha." "What is he doing here?" "Someone must have tipped him off." "Ferhat Pasha." "İbrahim Pasha." "How are you?" "We thought you were at your post in Semendire, my Pasha." "My Pasha, when Sultan Beyhan wanted to come" "I just..." "Whose permission do you have to return?" "I don't remember such a request." "Have you heard of such a request?" "No, my Pasha." "My Pasha..." "Do you not know the way things work?" "No matter what excuse you may have, you cannot leave your post without permission." "Forgive me, my Pasha." "I" "You what?" "Don't leave the palace." "His Majesty is neglecting us." "His mind flies to other places." "I hope you two are never parted." "Sultan Hürrem." "Nigar." "Leo Effendi from Crimea conveys his gratitude." "He sent this back." "Apparently he can't accept it." "He said he didn't help you for gold." "Where did you see him?" "I came across him in the main garden." "He now works in the palace workshop." "So he has started." "Never mind." "Go, leave me alone." "Alexsandra, I have tried very hard." "But it is impossible for me to forget your face." "Don't be afraid." "I won't hurt you." "I will die before I do." "Don't worry." "I will find a way to leave." "I do not need your gold for this." "All I want is for you to be happy." "I want to have another tent put up in the garden." "Summer is coming." "We can sit in the shade when it's hot." "It can have a pool too." "We can go to the Marble Palace where it's cool." "The princes can come too." "My Sultan." "Look who I have brought." "Beyhan!" "My daughter!" "It's so nice that you have come!" "Mother." "I missed you so much." "I was worried." "Me too Beyhan." "Why didn't you tell us that you were coming?" "Come and sit." "When I heard about the rebellion I couldn't sit still." "I set out immediately." "I told the Pasha I needed to see for myself." "You have a dark look on your face." "Tell me what's troubling you." "Daye Hatun, I can't tell anyone but you." "Nigar Kalfa is troubling me." "She is stuck to Sultan Hürrem's skirts." "She is neglecting her work." "How many times have I told you?" "You're too soft on her." "It was inevitable." "I have your head." "You can't do that." "I'm your son, a prince." "I'm not your enemy, father." "I wouldn't." "I couldn't." "But the enemy won't be so merciful." "You must not neglect your training to be able to stand strong." "You need to work hard." "Come on, again." "Your Majesty, my Prince." "I am going to beat His Majesty." "You too, Pasha." "Then allow me to train myself a bit." "Your Majesty, we listened to a man from Semendire in the Council." "Ferhat Pasha has done it again, Your Majesty." "He has established new taxes in breach of the old ways." "He is oppressing the people who were placed in your charge by Allah." "Summon the criminal." "That is what I commanded." "Ferhat Pasha was already here, Your Majesty." "What?" "I came across him outside the audience chamber." "I was surprised too." "His arrival is in breach of the old ways." "He said that he had brought Sultan Beyhan." "His death summoned him before us it seems." "Daye Hatun, is there trouble again?" "There is no trouble greater than you." "What have I done, Daye Hatun?" "You're neglecting work while sucking up to people." "Did Sümbül Agha complain about me?" "I swear it's not so." "I never neglect my duties." "I don't know about that." "I have my eye on you." "Just so you know." "Sultan Mahidevran gave them to me." "Go and see to your work." "I won't tell you again." "I will throw you out to a small estate to rot." "Sümbül Agha, Sultan Beyhan will be staying here tonight." "Prepare her chamber." "Do not be concerned, my Valide." "We will prepare her chamber while she is in the hamam , Inshallah!" "Your Majesty." "My lion!" "I have good news for you." "Who do you think has come?" "I heard Mother." "Beyhan has arrived." "Sümbül Agha, tell Beyhan." "She can come here to see His Majesty." "There is no hurry Mother." "I don't want to see her now." "Are you still working on that?" "Come here and mix some paint." "But İbrahim Pasha asked for it." "He told me to do it quickly." "Leave that and do as I say." "I hope all is well, Effendis." "Do not trouble yourselves." "Ahmet Çelebi." "Well, Leo Effendi, is it ready?" "It's beautiful." "It's beautiful." "Good." "Here you go." "No, I cannot take it." "It is a gift, my Pasha." "Thank you for the gift." "You are most skilled." "But don't refuse what is given again." "This does not befit this government." "This is not your village." "Put an end to this inexperience." "Forgive me, Grand Vizier." "It is not right for him to come without" "That's not the real issue here." "We have learned that Ferhat Pasha is committing the same crime against my will." "He has devastated the people with taxes in breach of the laws of my ancestors." "How will the government survive if the old ways are not obeyed?" "He barely got away with his life." "He wouldn't dare do it again." "Someone has taken advantage of his" "There is no doubt, Mother!" "Ferhat Pasha will be tried by the Council tomorrow." "If he is guilty, he will get what he deserves." "Don't be hasty, my lion." "Think a while more." "I spared his life once for my sister's happiness and because you insisted." "I gave him one more chance." "And look at what he did!" "If I spare him again, my rule and my justice will be questioned." "I'm charged with protecting my subjects as much as my family." "I swore an oath." "If I disregard the laws of the Empire that have been enforced for centuries my great ancestor Sultan Mehmet Khan, my deceased father Sultan Selim Khan, will turn in their graves."