And in the program, members of different faiths coexist. The dominant character is a woman, a real-life, Ukrainian slave-turned-concubine who eventually became Suleiman's queen. The show's producers point to other themes.
Set in the palace harem, early episodes featured a young Suleiman cavorting with scantily clad women and drinking wine.
To Turkish conservatives, the series maligns a revered ruler known as "the lawgiver" whose military prowess and legal reforms placed the Ottomans at the zenith of their power. ISTANBUL - In a state-of-the-art television studio here, the Islamic world's version of America's culture war is playing out in a lavishly re-created 16th century palace.Ī dashing Turkish actor plays Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman ruler who conquered vast swaths of the Middle East and Europe, granted basic rights to Christians and Jews, and promoted education, science and art.
A scene from Turkish soap opera Magnificent Century / Reuters
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