Magnificent Century Episode 1 _ English Subtitle

Magnificent Century Episode 1 _ English Subtitle

Prince Süleyman receives the bad news as he's on hunting with his right-hand man İbrahim of Parga that his father Selim the Resolute deceased. Prince Süleyman sets off on his way to Istanbul at once. Prince Süleyman arrives to the capital city sharply. He immediately attends to the ceremony of accession to the throne. His whole life changes on a day and he starts to his sultan life as Sultan Süleyman.

Alex is brought to Topkapı Palace although her rebelliousness. Her attitude calls Sultana's attention from the very beginning. However, Alex learns the rules of the palace in very short time. She raises her sights. Alex becomes successful with attracting Sultan Süleyman's attention at the night he sees her for the first time. In the mean time, Sultan Süleyman's wife Mahidevran comes from Manisa Palace and looks forward to see his husband.

At the age of 26, when he ascended to the throne, Sultan Suleiman aimed to build an empire more powerful than Alexander the Great and to render the Ottomans invincible. Throughout his 46-year reign, he became the greatest warrior and ruler of both East and West.

The young Suleiman received news of his succession to the throne during a hunting party in 1520. Unaware that he would be ruling a reign beyond his dreams, he left behind his wife son and took to the road with his close friend and companion Pargali Ibrahim to reach the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. As they started their journey overland, an Ottoman ship set sail from Crimea in the Black Sea, bringing female slaves as gifts for the Ottoman palace… On this ship was Alexandra La Rossa, the daughter of a Ukrainian Orthodox minister, taken away from her family and sold to the Crimean palace. She had no idea that she would become Hurrem, wife of Sultan Suleiman and mother of princes, ruling the empire with him through bloodshed and intrigue.

As Sultan Suleiman conquered the world, his great passion for Hurrem would clash with his love for and trust in his closest friend and advisor, Grand Vizier Pargali Ibrahim, all set against the backdrop of the tension between Christian Europe and the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century.

Cast: Halit Ergenç, Nebahat Çehre, Meryem Uzerli, Okan Yalabık, Nur Aysan, Selma Ergeç, Sema Keçik, Filiz Ahmet, Selim Bayraktar, Selen Öztürk, Nihan Büyükağaç, Burcu Tuna, Merve Oflaz, Arif Erkin, Ali Uyandıran, Alp Öyken, Murat Tüzün, Doğan Turan, Gökhan Çelebi, Yüksel Ünal.