Awkward Sultana

I forget how gruesome the opening sequence of Magnificent Century: Kösem episode 60 is like jesus christ

Is there any part of life that has not suffered at the hands of AI's yassification?

Magnificent Century: Kösem + Faceless: Telli Hümaşah Sultan

Magnificent Century: Kösem + Faceless: Turhan Sultan

Aslan / Aslanım Lion / My Lion

A striking name of Turkish origin, Aslan is a boy's name that means “lion.” This powerful title is derived from Old Turkic and was used as an epithet for Turkish emperors in the Middle Ages.

Magnificent Century + Close ups of The Emerald Ring™ (requested by anonymous)

Magnificent Century + Evolution of The Emerald Ring™

MC & MCK Costume Repeats + Copper gown

MC & MCK Costume Repeats: Sibling Hand-me-downs (requested by @redrosecut)

I forget how creepy Mehmet is when he leers at Meleksima

"From the middle of the fifteenth century, and possibly earlier, when a prince left the capital for his provincial governorate, he was accompanied by his mother, whose role was to preside over the prince's domestic household and perform her duty of 'training and supervision' alongside the prince's tutor." - The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire (Studies in Middle Eastern History) by Leslie P. Peirce

Judas Kiss (n.): Any act of treachery under the guise of kindness

"There is no other place on Earth where you can enter the harem a slave and become a Sultana who rules the world."

MC & MCK Costume Repeats: Green velvet printed kaftan

MC & MCK Costume Repeats: Brown velvet kaftan

“Can the sun and moon hang in the sky at the same time? Forget the harem, we are too much for the same world. It is you or me.”

"I bore Şehzades and a sultana, but it doesn't matter. I'm a slave. Isn't that right, Validem?” (requested by anonymous)