Before
Sadıka is able to kill Süleyman, he manages to disarm her and she is
sentenced to prison. Later she is killed by Matrakçı who is found guilty
for helping her to post messages and killing Sadika is his punishment.
Spanish Princess Isabella and her servant are kidnapped by Turkish
pirates and sold to Süleyman. They live in isolation in forest in a
haunting lodge. Süleyman wants to use them as an advantage when he will
bargain with European sovereigns. Isabella wants to escape and when she
fails several times. Hürrem is jealous and threatens Isabella.
Eventually she helps her to escape but the princess is stopped by
Ibrahim. Isabella falls in love with Süleyman, she moves in harem and
becomes Süleyman's favorite. Hürrem with the help of Gül, Nigar and
Nilüfer succeed in killing her. Meanwhile Bali Bey falls in
love with a Jewish girl called Armin. The relationship is against the
will of Armin's father and he makes her leave the city. When she
returns, she is gravely ill. Bali Bey eventually marries her with the
blessing of her father and next day Armin dies. Hatice gives
birth to a boy but she accidentally kills him. She leaves her palace in
order to recover. Meanwhile, Ibrahim once sleeps with Nigar and then he
sends her to Topkapi Palace. Hatice is heartbroken and the Valide Sultan
wants to send her to Edirne. Hürrem saves her.
Hatice becomes
pregnant with twins. Mahidevran gives the Valide Sultan a note of Leo
about Hürrem. She calls Hürrem to her chambers, but then faints.
Hürrem wants to marry Süleyman. She tells him that she cannot make
charity because she is a slave. Süleyman frees her and when he goes to
her room for a night, she tells him that she cannot share a bed with him
because she is a free woman and her religion forbids her from sharing a
bed with a man if she is not married. She is sent to the Crimean Palace
under the orders of the Sultan and the Valide Sultan sets a trap for
her, she puts some attackers to kill Hürrem but Bali Bey saves her. She
is back to Topkapi Palace and the Sultan decides to marry her.
After marrying Hürrem Sultan, Sultan Suleyman comes to give the Valide
Sultan the news of his action, but when Hürrem Sultan tries to kiss her
hand she stands up and shows displeasure with his deed which she
considers unacceptable. She faints in his arms and they take her to her
chambers to rest. Mahidevran Sultan becomes surprised then angry, she
decided not to lower her head down anymore.
Ibrahim is shot
during the ceremony with an arrow and it results that it was poisoned.
Hürrem is afraid that they would blame her for this because she did send
an archer to kill Ibrahim, but she called off the attack at the last
minute when she saw Hatice upset. Ibrahim's attacker was another archer
sent by one of the veziers to kill him. Nigar, Matrakçı and Sümbül
travel to heal Ibrahim in one of the hot springs.
Furious,
Mahidevran comes to Süleyman's door and asks his guardian to announce
her, but Süleyman refuses to receive her arguing that he is busy. She
makes a scandal and eventually Süleyman listens to her. She requests her
freedom to spend her life as a free woman which Süleyman denies. She
then asks him to send her to exile with her son as happens when princes
become of age, but he tells her she can leave, only his son stays with
him. Mustafa convinces his father to send them both to Edirne Palace.
At the Valide Sultan's initiative, her niece Aybige comes to Topkapi
palace from Crimea, to be protected from the succession infighting
between the Valide's brothers upon the death of their father, the
Crimean ruler. They tell Aybige to stay away from Hürrem because she
could be a bad influence on her, but she is stubborn and Hürrem is known
all the way to her homeland so she decides to be friends with her. She
falls in love with Bali Bey during this season as he is the one in
charge of security of the entire royal family.
Nigar Hatun is
married to Matrakçı Nasuh Efendi on initiative of Hatice and the Valide
Sultan. Nigar is not pleased by her wedding because she is in love with
Ibrahim, the Grand Vizier. On her first night in her new house, she is
surprised to see Ibrahim entering and he tells her that he and Matrakçı
had a deal and that he is the one she will be with from now on. Nigar is
happy at this turn of events.
Meanwhile, Hatice gives birth to
twins, one boy and one girl (Osman and Huri Cihan) and Ibrahim is happy
to see her holding both babies in her hands and also surprised. Nigar
is not pleased by this.
Time passed and at the age of 17,
Mustafa comes back to Topkapi to be with his father until he is sent
into exile. He falls in love with a concubine named Nora (later Efsun)
and she gets pregnant. Mustafa doesn't know that Efsun works for Hürrem
Sultan and has orders to poison him. She puts poison in his food, but at
the last moment she regrets and trips over the food. Mustafa gets sick,
and Mahidevran concludes that it was all Hürrem's doing even though
Mustafa didn't drink the poison.
While Sultan is in war, the
Valide Sultan and Mahidevran conspire against Hürrem. the Valide Sultan
places a spy and pretends to let Hürrem lead the harem for a while.
During the rebellion provoked by the Valide's spy, Fatma, one of the
slaves is accused of robbery of gold and the innocent girl burns
herself. The slaves take torches and march towards Hürrem's chambers and
try to burn her, but Daye and the guardians save her. Daye gets fired
for this.
When Sultan comes back and finds out what happened,
he gives the Valide Sultan a lecture about how she is not capable to
lead harem and how he is tired of all the fights. He is also angry with
Ibrahim because he didn't give him Hürrem's letter while they were in
war, but Ibrahim says that he didn't want to worry him and that he gave
certain orders to Daye and Nigar to protect Hürrem ever since Sultan
made him responsible for her life. Sultan gives Daye back her post.
Hürrem and Mahidevran fight after Gülşah got Daye's position and
Mahidevran tries to slap her. Süleyman arrives and makes her apologize
after which she goes crying to her chambers. Mustafa barges into
Hürrem's chambers to talk to his father and they have a huge discussion
about the way Hürrem manipulates him after which Süleyman tries to
invite Mustafa to his chambers which he refuses. Mustafa almost loses
his father's support when he doesn't want to come to Hagia Sofia with
him, but Ibrahim manages to make him see reason.
Hürrem gets
into fight with Mustafa, and Süleyman gives Mustafa his place. Hürrem is
displeased so they have an argument. Cihangir, Hürrem's youngest son
gets sick, and she doesn't tell Süleyman which infiuriates him, but
after seeing his son so sick, he and Hürrem unite and he calls a doctor.
Cihangir is developing a hump and they try to fix it by physiotherapy
while he is still a baby. Cigangir gets better even though he can't
recover fully and Süleyman has a heart attack. Mahidevran is conscious
that when Süleyman dies, her son would be the Sultan so she tries to
convince Mustafa that he needs to take precautions with his brothers
which he refuses. She then talks with Ibrahim, the Valide Sultan hears
this and sends Hürrem and her children to Hatice's saray to protect
them. When Süleyman wakes up Mahidevran falls even more from grace.
Mahidevran finds out that Efsun is pregnant and wants to make her
abort, but Mustafa stops her and sends Efsun to his chambers. Hürrem
tells the Valide about Efsun's pregnancy and the Valide sends Daye to
get rid of the baby. Mustafa doesn't manage to save her this time, and
baby and Efsun die. Gülşah intrigued against Daye which caused Daye to
kill a healer by accident so they fired her and threw her out of harem.
Mahidevran is happy because she thinks Gülşah will get the post again,
but is surprised to hear the Valide giving the post to Nigar. the Valide
finds out about Ibrahim's affair with Nigar Hatun, she wants to fire
her. She comes to Süleyman's chambers to inform him, but suffers a
stroke before saying anything. She eventually passes away and Mahidevran
rules the harem which she immediately uses in her favor to get the
Valide's chambers which Süleyman doesn't allow. She also buys many
unnecessary things and exceeds the budget and she has to take a loan
from a Jewish loan shark. Gülfem is given Daye's former post.
Hürrem wants to get rid of Mahidevran and Mustafa. Mustafa is set to
leave to the province of Manisa but Ibrahim convinces Suleyman to let
Mahidevran stay in the harem. Hürrem with Gül's help makes a plan that
would convict Mahidevran of trying to murder the Valide. However Nigar
witnesses Gül's action and tells it to Ibrahim. Gül is fired for it and
leaves the saray.
After the Valide's death Daye leaves the
saray. She gives all her property to charity and works as a servant of a
wealthy woman. Hürrem wants to help her but Daye refuses. Eventually
Daye commits suicide.
Gülsah tries to get rid of Mahidevran's
maid Fatma but it all turns against her. She is fired and Mahidevran
wants her to marry. Desperate, Gülsah wants to be Hürrem's servant but
Hürrem sends her away and tells her that she would have no profit from
Gülsah being her maid. Gülsah later overhears a conversation between
Ibrahim and Nigar about Nigar's pregnancy. She accidentally breaks a
vase and Ibrahim and Nigar realize that someone heard them. Gülsah wants
to tell Hürrem what she found out but Hürrem isn't in her chamber and
Gülsah is driven out of the saray before Hürrem's return. Nigar later
realizes that it was Gülsah who overheard her and she tells it to
Ibrahim. Ibrahim orders Gülsah to be killed and she is stabbed several
times and left in wilderness to die. However she survives and tells
Hürrem about Nigar's pregnancy and eventually becomes Hürrem's maid.
Nigar is supposed to leave the saray and go to Ibrahim's brother.
Hürrem kidnapps her during the journey and hides her. Gülsah takes care
of Nigar. Hürrem sends a message to Hatice that Ibrahim is unfaithful
and reveals the whereabouts of Nigar. Nigar successfully escapes but
Hatice arrives and stops her. She arrests her but Nigar says that the
father of her baby is Matrakçı. Matrakçı confirms it. Hatice confronts
Hürrem who sends for Gülsah who witnessed Nigar and Ibrahim. Hatice
later confronts Ibrahim who admits cheating and being father of Nigar's
baby. Hatice divorces with him.
Hürrem intrigues against
Mahidevran making her look like someone who wanted to strangle Gülfem.
Suleyman gives Hürrem the leadership of the harem and the season ends
with everybody bowing to her and Mahidevran looking at her angrily.
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