Nurbanu Stories

She was once a poor orphan girl named Eleni. At the age of eight, she lost everything. Her parents were gone, her home was gone, and she had no one left to protect her. Until one day, in the streets of Constantinople, a palace cook offered her a piece of bread. That simple act of kindness changed her life forever. When Hürrem Sultan saw the young girl, she decided to take her under her protection. Eleni was brought into the world of the Ottoman palace, where she was educated, taught the rules of the court, and slowly transformed into a woman worthy of the name Mahpeyker. But the palace is a place where love can be more dangerous than hatred. Years later, Mahpeyker catches the attention of Şehzade Selim, the son of Sultan Suleiman and Hürrem Sultan. Their relationship begins with fascination, grows into love, and eventually gives Mahpeyker a place beside the future Sultan. Together, they will have many children. Among them are twin princes, Ahmed and Kasim, both born in 1542. But the Ottoman throne has never belonged to love. When Selim becomes Sultan, Mahpeyker must protect her children from enemies within the harem, rival princes, secret conspiracies, and the deadly struggle for succession. In this version of history, Murad will never become Sultan. Instead, Ahmed will inherit the throne after Selim's death. And when Ahmed's reign comes to an end, his twin brother Kasim will take his place. Two brothers. One dynasty. One mother who will do anything to protect the blood she gave to the empire.

ꜰʀᴀɴᴄᴇꜱᴄᴀ ꜰᴏʀᴛᴜɴᴀ is the unlucky sister of Isabella Fortuna, princess of Spain. Francesca is condemned to a marriage she doesn't want, and the only way out of it is to escape. Escape, or have your fate decided for you. Unfortunately, Francesca gets captured by Mehmet Pasha and taken to the harem of the recently crowned Sultan Süleyman. Francesca's elusiveness and Spanish charm woo the Sultan into forgetting his intimate love with Hürrem as Zevki becomes his new beloved, and after giving birth to children she becomes his Haseki, Zevki Sultan. The drama doesn't end there as Zevki battles the likes of Hürrem Sultan and others as she fights to cement her legacy in the Sultanate of Woman.

Kayla was a girl from the 21st century who went to Turkey for a school trip. But touching Hürrem Sultan's emerald ring mysteriously transported her to the time of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. With no way back, Kayla must help Bayezid succeed to the throne. Kayla must fight for her survival as there are enemies trying to stop her and as everyone knows, no one is truly safe in the harem.

when young and rich Cecilia started a new life in Istanbul, she was a miserable hopeless young lady, with horrible memories and a bad attitude that she couldn't get rid of. Cecilia struggled for a long time all by herself in a big city she's never visited before. But it was only a matter of time, before she meets Selim, a young and rich company owner who's suffering from a controlling and judgemental family. Cecilia's need for a family, and Selim's need for support made them fall in love with each other.

Their two world's collide when she is captured in a slave trade and bought to the capital. She is submits to no one, with dreams to rule the world. He is the Sultan of the seven seas and ruler of the mighty Othman Empire. He is brave and mighty Othman lion who falls in love with the wild Venetian.

" When I saw you for the first time, I knew I won't forget about you easily. And I was right, in those years there was no day or night I haven't thought of you. You are the one who lights my life up, and I would be lost without you."

The Lives of four women changed when they entered the harem of Sultan Süleyman Khan. They all had to fight for his attention and his love, all of them had to fight to take the first place in his heart. But what they didn't know was that, one day they will have to fight even more for the survival of their children. Which of those women will be successful? Whose son will ascend the throne and become the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire?

The truth of Ottoman empire. What was the actual fate of sehzades Mustafa, Bayezid, Cihangir exposed.

Opowieść Murad & Safiye to kontynuacja mojej wcześniejszej opowieści czyli Nurbanu vs Selimiye. Akcja toczy się w XVI wieku w latach 1574-1595. Opowiada o panowaniu sułtana Murada III. Sułtan miał 7 żon: Safiye, Sahihuban, Semsiruhsar, Nazperver, Mihriban, Fahriye, Fulane. Lecz największą miłością darzył swoją główną konkubinę czyli sułtankę Safiye ( matkę jego następcy sułtana Mehmeda III ). Miał dużo dzieci, bo aż 30: Mehmed III, Osman, Mustafa, Bajazyd, Abdullah, Selim, Sulejman, Cihangir, Mahmud, Murad, Abdul Rahman, Hasan, Ahmed, Yakup, Alemsah, Yusuf, Huseyin, Korkut, Ali, Isak, Omer, Alladdin, Davud, Ayse, Fatma, Hatice, Mihrimah, Fahriye, Mihriban, Rukiye. Więc zapraszam was do przeczytania tej opowieści. :-)

"It's crazy how carried away we get when we forget about love and the truth, and choose to pursue power and strife, and that shall truly be our end to this mortal life"

I just write some magnificent century and magnificent century kösem imagines, povs and maybe oneshots. Have fun while reading! #83 in history (6th February 2022) #58 in turkey (1st October 2022) {Photos and GIFs are not mine}

Naime was daughter of Sultan Ahmed Khan and Kosem Sultana. She was born as twin sister of Sultan Murad. When she turned 14 years old, she was married off to a pasha who was 20 years elder than her. After unhappy marriage, she finally finds happiness after returning to Istanbul when her husband passed away. But nothing in the Palace stayed the same as it was when she left. The idea came to me after watching Magnificent Century. None of the characters belong to me expect for Nur, Amber, Naime and her children who I totally made up. The plot will be different from the one in the show.

Her eyes and heart was blinded by her hatred for her captors but slowly like ice, she began to hold a more powerful emotion for the most powerful man in the Empire and her hatred was replaced with nothing but love and desire to keep him to herself. All the plotting and manipulation was done in order to have her son on the throne and importantly to keep the love of her sultan.

"Names change, but a person's being doesn't change. We women are called different things, daughter, wife, mother, perhaps even Sultana - but the important thing is which name you choose to define yourself by." Safiye Sultan What would happen if all influential Sultanas lived in the same period during the reign of the same Sultan? Would all of them be powerful like they were in their own era, or they would be lost? I made this book just for fun where I placed all the Sultanas from MC and MCK under the same Sultan on various positions - his concubines, sisters and daughters. This is the product of my mind and the plot is totally mine. It is totally historically inaccurate and has no relations to real Ottoman Empire. Characters were taken from MC and MCK.

Emine Sultan is the youngest daughter of Nurbanu Sultan and Sultan Selim. Her whole life had been determined by her mother's decisions. Will she fight for the love of her life or bend to her mother's will.

Narin Sultan, sister to Sultan Süleyman, was married young and sent away to Kutahya, where she built her life far from the heart of the empire. Even after her brother rose to the throne and her husband Duruz Pasha passed away, she remained in her provincial home. But in 1534, with the death of Valide Sultan, Narin returns to Topkapi- the palace of her childhood and the center of Ottoman power. There, she must confront the dazzling yet dangerous world ruled by the formidable Hürrem Sultan. Her journey unfolds as a tale of love and betrayal, of power and survival, and of a woman daring to begin anew in a court that spares no one.

Anna was a normal girl who lived a idyllic life before she was kidnapped from her home in Italy and taken to the capital of the world. But she was ambitious and knew that she had to survive the horrific harem games to come out on top.

Altunşah Sultan is the daughter of Khairunnisa Sultan, a beloved second cousin of Sultan Ahmed, but one day they pack their bags and move to Crimea. 12 years later, Altunşah finds out her cousin Sultan Murad has ascended the throne. It was love at first sight. Though they were close and a relationship would be an unforgivable sin against their rivaling parents, Altunşah had to find a way to be with Sultan Murad.

In the golden halls of the Ottoman Empire, love is more dangerous than war. Stolen from the shores of Europe and stripped of her name, Catalina de Velasco - the hidden illegitimate daughter of Charles V - is brought to the imperial harem of Suleiman the Magnificent as a slave. But Hürrem Sultan sees something far more valuable in the defiant Spanish girl. Renamed Mahnaz, "the moon beloved by all eyes," she is sent to Konya with a dangerous mission: protect Şehzade Bayezid from his own fury - and report his every move back to the palace. Caught between loyalty and survival, Mahnaz enters a world of royal rivalries, deadly secrets, and forbidden ambition. But the closer she grows to the fiery Ottoman prince, the more dangerous her role becomes. Because Bayezid was never meant to love her. And Mahnaz was never supposed to love him back. As empires threaten to crumble and brothers prepare for war, Mahnaz must decide who she truly belongs to: the dynasty that enslaved her... or the man who became her home beneath the crescent moon.