Muhteşem Yüzyıl (English: Magnificent Century, Urdu: Mera Sultan) is a Turkish historical TV drama written by Meral Okay and Yilmaz Sahin. Magnificent Century tells the life of Suleiman the Magnificent, also known as Kanuni (the Lawmaker), and a Ukranian slave girl’s (Roxelana) rising to the power and becoming “Hurrem Sultan”.

The tenth sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Suleiman I, is the longest reigning sultan of Ottoman history. He ascended to the throne in 1520 and ruled the Ottoman Empire until his death in 1566. He was a great warrior and emperor. Influenced by the vision of Alexander the Great, he was invincible and targeted to make the Ottoman Empire an empire of east and west.

The Magnificent Century or Muhteşem Yüzyıl if we are to call it in Turkish became very popular from the day it first aired. People got obsessed with series quickly, especially with Hurrem Sultan’s jewelry. Replicas of Hurrem Sultan’s ring started to be sold everywhere.

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