Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem
Actor name Character name Description Seasons Character Status
Mete Horozoğlu Zülfikar Pasha Commander of the Istanbul Cadet Janissary Corps , later a vizier and Hümaşah Sultan 's husband 1 Major
Mehmet Kurtuluş Derviş Mehmed Pasha Sultan Ahmed 's mentor and first bodyguard , later becomes Fahriye Sultan 's husband and Grand Vizier 1 Major
Mustafa Üstündağ Kara Davud Pasha Dilruba Sultan 's husband , Grand Vizier during Mustafa I 's reign 1 Major
Şahin Sekman Lala Ömer Efendi Sultan Osman II 's tutor , later Cennet Hatun 's husband 1 Major
Cihan Ünal Kuyucu Murad Pasha One of the viziers of Ahmed I , becomes the Grand Vizier after the execution of Derviş Mehmed Pasha 1 Supporting
Tolga Tuncer Nasuh Pasha Safiye and then Kösem 's chief allegiant , later Ayşe Sultan 's husband and Grand Vizier 1 Supporting
Şener Savaş Halil Pasha Two time Grand Vizier , in service of Kösem Sultan 1-2 Supporting
Engin Benli Sinan Pasha One of Sultan Murad IV 's viziers , head of Istanbul 's Jesuit order after Father Cornelius , in love with Gülbahar 2 Major
İsmail Demirci Kemankeş Mustafa Pasha Commander of the Janissary Corps and later Admiral of the Fleet and Grand Vizier , in love with Kösem 2 Major
Caner Cindoruk Silahtar Mustafa Pasha Sultan Murad IV 's bodyguard and companion , in love with Gevherhan Sultan , later Atike Sultan 's husband and second-in-command vizier after the execution of Abaza Mehmed Pasha 2 Major
Metin Belgin Ahizade Hüseyin Efendi Şeyhülislam efendi ( supreme religious leader ) 2 Major
Çağrı Şensoy Deli Hüseyin Pasha Former palace halberdier and an allegiant of Sultan Murad and later Kösem Sultan , Admiral of the fleet and third-in-command Vizier 2 Major
Eser Karibil Emirgüne/ Yusuf Pasha A former Safavid Persian prince , Sultan Murad 's confidant and companion after Silahtar Mustafa 's death 2 Major
Emre Başer Köprülü Mehmed Pasha One of the viziers of Sultan Ibrahim and Sultan Mehmed , an allegiant of Turhan Sultan 2 Major
Ali Düşenkalkar Cinci Hüseyin Efendi Sultan Ibrahim 's healer and confidant 2 Major
Şemsi İnkaya Zekeriyazade Yahya Efendi Ahizade 's predecessor and successor-in-office and a confidant of Sultan Murad 2 Supporting
Ismail Filiz Abaza Mehmed Pasha Governor of Bosnia and later second-in-command Vizier , an allegiant of Kösem Sultan 2 Supporting
Asil Büyüközçelik Ladikli Bayram Pasha Second-in-command Vizier following Silahtar 's death and later the Grand Vizier after Tabanıyassı Mehmed Pasha 's demise , an allegiant of Kösem Sultan 2 Supporting
Cengiz Okuyucu Tabanıyassı Mehmed Pasha Grand Vizier after the execution of Topal Recep Pasha and an allegiant of Kösem Sultan 2 Supporting
Characters -- Statesmen and palace officials
Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem (, ) is a Turkish television sequel to the 2011 Turkish television period drama Muhteşem Yüzyıl. Written by Yılmaz Şahin, it recounts the life of Mahpeyker Kösem Sultan, a slave girl who became the most powerful woman in Ottoman history after she was captured and sent to the harem of Sultan Ahmed I. Actresses Nurgül Yeşilçay, Beren Saat and Anastasia Tsilimpiou played the titular role in three different ages of her life, while actors Ekin Koç, Boran Kuzum, Taner Ölmez, Metin Akdülger and Tugay Mercan were cast as different sultans of the Ottoman dynasty. Also in the starring cast were actresses Hülya Avşar, Tülin Özen, Leyla Feray, Farah Zeynep Abdullah, Aslıhan Gürbüz and Hande Doğandemir, who played prominent roles of different sultanas in the series. The first few episodes of the series were filmed in Chios, Greece. An excerpt of the show was screened in Cannes, France, at the annual international television festival MIPCOM about a month before its official premiere on Star TV on November 12, 2015. It was later transferred to FOX for its second season. Since its broadcast, Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem has been . Its final episode aired on 27 June 2017. The series' finale marked the end of the six-year Muhteşem Yüzyıl saga.