Magnificent Century Season 2 Synopsis -Summary of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent Century Soap Opera.
In this Magnificent Century Season 2 Synopsis we will start with a review of the first Episode.  In season 1, we see the young prince Suleiman rise to Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. This historical drama takes on the air of a Soap Opera as the many palace intrigues unfold. The main drama of Sultan Suleiman’s love live is the many palace plots. There is always a hidden agenda between the Sultan, the Sultan’s wives, harem, and eunuchs. But much of this drama is based on fact.
Episode 1
Episode 1 of the Magnificent Century opens with our heroine Hurrem’s family being massacred. They are killed by the Tatars and she is taken as a slave. Historically, the term “Tatars” was applied to all of the people that controlled the vast region known as Tartary. She is eventually sold to Sultan Suleiman’s Harem.
Episode 2
Later the captivating red-headed Russian slave girl conquers the Sultan’s heart. She moves from slave concubine to second wife of the Sultan. Her character is played by actress Meryem Uzerli. Never before had a Sultan married a slave girl from the concubine.
Magnificent Century Season 2 Synopsis
The second season is dominated by the relationship between Hurrem and the Sultan. The are now inseparable. His wife is banished to the other castle far away. Hurrem is more and more jealous of the Harem. The Sultan spends most of his days with her but occasionally takes another girl from his harem to bed.
The Sultan is busy raising his sons. He expands the empire to Hungary by conquering their castle. His army has an amazing two piece cannon that can blast down castle walls. Women captured in these wars are brought to the palace to be members of the harem. The males captured are castrated and brought to the palace to guard the harem.
Magnificent Century Fiction or Fact ?
Much of the show Magnificent Century is based on historical fact. Many details are fictionalized. The private life of the Sultan’s harem with its many intimate bath scenes are very disturbing to Turkish viewers. Also distributing are the revealing dresses. The morals of many of the original Turkish viewers are very strict. Many of the Turkish still swim fully clothed in public pools.
Sultan Suleiman of the Ottoman Empire
Much of what is known about the Ottoman Empire comes from the many Venetian diplomats that traded with the empire. The Sultan’s wife Hurrem and her servent Nigar Kalfa executed many palace plots. The Sultan’s first wife, Maldevri, and the Sultan’s mother were constantly trying to break up the Sultan and Hurrem with poison plots, fire, whatever. 
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