BURNING ROSE - Mehmed the Conqueror

CHARACTERS -

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Though my soul may set in the darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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ISABELLA AMIN–
–KULÎLK SULTANA

"Mehmed has broken many rules for me, he married me, he had more than one child with me, he let me help with state matters. The best of all... He fell in love with me, Mehmed owns my heart and body, he is my Mehmed, not even foolish rules can break our love. "

–SULTAN MEHMED BIN MURAD–
|MEHMED THE CONQUEROR|

"My Kulîlk. I love her with everything in me and my life wouldn't be the same without her, I wouldn't be able to breathe with her gone"

–ZAGANOS PASHA–

"I have always believed in our Sultan, When everyone thought he could never conquer Constantinople I believed he could.
So when he says he loves you Kulîlk, I believe it."

–GÜLBAHAR HATUN–

"Mehmed has always been impulsive but he has broken every rule for that Egyptian tramp! I just don't understand how he could love me one day and push me aside the next!"

–ÇIÇEK HATUN–

"The sultan has never favored me, but I thought he had a little respect for me, enough to not embarrass me completely by bringing Kulîlk to the harem"

–SITTISAH HATUN–

"Mehmed barely pays attention to me, so I could care less about who he spends his nights with, I pray he divorces me soon so I can be free again."

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AUTHORS NOTE‼

TIMELINE -

Mehmed marries Gülbahar Hatun -
1446

Mehmed becomes sultan -
1451 - 1481

Mehmed and Isabella/Kulîk meet -
February 21st, 1451

Mehmed takes Isabella/Kulîlk to his harem as a concubine -
March 3rd, 1451

Mehmed conquers Constantinople -
1453
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That's only a brief timeline so I don't spoil the story.

And just to clarify some things.
Mehmed had four wives, I am to believe they were all legal but I truly have no idea.

But Ottoman sultan's were only allowed, four legal wives and most of his marriages were political.

In this story, one of Mehmed's wives, Hatice Hatun, doesn't marry him for the story.

Also, let's just say that Mehmed married Çiçek Hatun a few years back also for the story.

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