Year: 1553
Place: Topkapi PalaceGuard: Attention, Eçe Sultan!
Sultan Selim's POV: Eçe! You are finally here!
Eçe Sultan's POV: My dear brother, I have missed you so much. We have not seen each other in 13 years. You have grown into a handsome young man.
Sultan Selim's POV: I have missed you to Eçe. You have grown into a beautiful young Lady. Now, let us go inside. We have so much to catch on to. And this young Lady over here is Kaya Hanimsultan. She is the daughter of Hürrem Teyze.
Kaya Hanimsultan's POV: It is an honour to see you Sultanim!
Eçe Sultan's POV: It is also an honour to see you!
Year: 1600
Place: Topkapi PalaceGuard: Our Padişah Sultan Mustafa has sadly passed away today. His will states as he has no surving sons, his daughter Melike Sultan will ascend the throne.
Vezir: His daughter!? She is a woman! She cannot possibly rule the Empire.
2nd Vezirs: Shut up! She is our only hope to stay alive!
[AT THE HAREM]:
Eunuch: Sultanim, you have been chosen to rule the Empire. LONG LIVE MELIKE SULTAN!
Melike Sultan's POV: If that is what my late father wished, then I shall rule this Empire!
LONG LIVE MELIKE SULTAN! LONG LIVE MELIKE SULTAN!
BIRTH AND DEATH YEARS OF THE CHARACTERS IN THIS STORY:
Valide Medina Sultan: 1500-1540
Sultan Mehmed: 1497-1530Haseki Mükrime Sultan: 1497-1522
Haseki Esma Sultan: 1498-1579Children of Valide Medina Sultan:
Şehzade Demir: 1516-1522
Kerime Sultan: 1517-1522
Şivekar Sultan: 1519-1522Sultan Murad: 1517-1540
Halime Sultan: 1518-1588
Hürrem Sultan: 1522-1622Children of Haseki Mükrime Sultan:
Şehzade Mustafa: 1513-1513
Hafsa Sultan: 1515-1595Children of Haseki Esma Sultan:
Şehzade Osman: 1514-1514
Şehzade Orhan: 1514-1514
Şehzade Sinan: 1515-1522Princess Katarina of Bosnia: 1499-1524
Child of Princess Katarina of Bosnia:
Ema Hatun/Haseki Esmahan Sultan: 1516-1538Wives of Sultan Murad:
Haseki Esmahan Sultan: 1516-1538
Valide Contessina Sultan: 1517-1562
Haseki Mi-ja Sultan: 1517-1590Child of Haseki Esmahan Sultan:
Sultan Selim: 1532-1562Child of Valide Contessina Sultan:
Şehzade Kasim: 1532-1535Children of Haseki Mi-ja Sultan:
Şehzade Süleyman: 1535-1536Eçe Sultan: 1535-1600
Husband of Hürrem Sultan:
Grand Vezir Taner Paşa: 1519-1580Husband of Halime Sultan:
Military commander Yusuf Paşa: 1518-1560Child of Hürrem Sultan:
Kaya Hanimsultan: 1539-1599The first Female Ottoman Emperor:
Melike Sultan: 1580-1660
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Empress
Historical FictionMarija is a young soul who gets taken away by the ottoman Army in her small village in Bosnia. She will soon face the intrigues of Topkapi Palace and fall inlove with someone she swore not to fall in love with.