Drama : Magnificient Century (Turky)

Magnificient Century

 Drama Turki Magnificent Century ini adalah drama yang berlatarbelakangkan sejarah Turki, Sejarah Kerajaan Uthmaniyah dan kisah Sultan Sulaiman yang merupakan Sultan Kerajaan Uthmaniyah yang kesepuluh dan paling lama memerintah dari tahun 1520 sehinggalah kematian beliau pada tahun 1566.

 Walaubagaimanapun drama ini lebih memfokuskan tentang masalah dan konflik yang berlaku dalam istana Sultan Sulaiman, part perang - perang semua itu tak banyak pun sebab cerita ini lebih fokus tentang gundik Sultan Sulaiman yang bernama Alexandra / Hurrem Hatun yang bermula dari seorang hamba sebelum diangkat menjadi permaisuri. 

Dalam season pertama drama ini dapat dilihat persaingan sengit antara gundik kesayangan Sultan Sulaiman iaitu Alexandra / Hurrem yang ingin menjadi permaisuri dan juga isteri Sultan Sulaiman iaitu Sultanah Mahidevran. Kadang - kadang kesian juga dengan Mahidevran ini, disisihkan macam tu je, sebab suaminya dah berkenan dengan perempuan lain. Macam - macam kes jadi antara Mahidevran dan Hurrem ini antara kes curi cincin, kes pukul, kes meracun dan sebagainya. 

Aku juga suka tengok kisah percintaan antara Orang Kanan Sultan iaitu Pargali Ibrahim dengan adik perempuan sultan iaitu Hatije. Comel je diorang bercinta senyap - senyap, tapi bila aku baca sinopsis drama ini untuk semua season, memang tragis betul kisah cinta mereka berdua nanti, sebab Ibrahim akan curang dengan Hatije dan ada skandal pula dengan Nigar Kalfa. 

Kemudian Sultan akan bunuh Ibrahim dan Hatije pula akan memutuskan hubungan persaudaraan antara dirinya dengan Sultan Sulaiman dan macam - macam perkara tragis yang akan berlaku dalam musim kedua, ketiga dan keempat nanti. 

   

While hunting in the woods, a young 26-year-old Süleyman is informed that his father Sultan Selim has died. He rides to Constantinople alongside his best friend, Pargalı İbrahim, to take the throne. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian girl named Alexandra gets kidnapped in a Tartar slave raid. Her parents and sister are killed. She is finally sold to the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul, and accepted into the Sultan's harem. 

Nigar (one of the main Harem leaders) explains to Alexandra that if she behaves herself and does as she is told, she will be summoned by the Sultan, and if she gives him a son, she will rule the world as a Sultana. After capturing the Sultan's attention, she spends a night with him and eventually falls in love with him. After converting to Islam, Süleyman changes her name to Hürrem ("who brings joy to one's face"). Subsequently, she gives birth to her first son, Şehzade Mehmed, and rises to the top of the court.

 At the same time, Mahidevran, a senior hatun (lady) and mother of the Sultan's eldest son, Mustafa, gets worried when she notices Süleyman is not spending time with her anymore. A year later, Hürrem gives birth to her first and only daughter, Mihrimah Sultan. Meanwhile Süleyman departs for his campaign in Belgrade and kills the husband of a woman name Victoria, who will be later sent to kill the Sultan. Also, Leo, Hürrem's fiance during her early life in the Crimea, arrives in an attempt to find her. Hürrem who discovers his presence tries to hide the truth, but İbrahim decides to use it as against her. 

Victoria who has been renamed to Sadika following entering the harem, becomes a favourite of everyone, and a trusted servant. After many intrigues, she attempts to assassinate Süleyman, by holding a dagger on his throat. Meanwhile, because of the rivalry and developing hatred between İbrahim and Hürrem, he tries to blackmail and poison her but Leo saves her by eating the poisoned Turkish delight and dies, proving his love and honor.