# Mehmed: Sultan of Conquests (2024)

> The young Ottoman prince Mehmed survives palace treachery and deposition to return and pursue his dream of conquering Constantinople.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/162275

## Facts

- Seasons: 4
- Episodes: 90
- Episode runtime: 160 min
- Status: Returning Series
- Genres: drama, history, war
- Created by: Eyüp Gökhan Özekin
- Network: TRT 1
- Cast: Serkan Çayoğlu, Selim Bayraktar, Sinan Albayrak, Seçkin Özdemir, Tuba Ünsal, Fikret Kuşkan, Bülent Alkış, Ertuğrul Postoğlu
- TMDB rating: 7.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31323988/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Tone: epic, intense, grave, cinematic, fast paced

## What critics say

Praised as one of the finest Turkish historical series in recent years, with reviewers highlighting its cinematic scale and historically grounded storytelling.

## Synopsis

Mehmed: Sultan of Conquests (2024-2026) is a Turkish national-television historical war drama series created by Eyüp Gökhan Özekin for TRT 1. Serkan Çayoğlu plays the young Ottoman prince Sultan Mehmed, a doubted heir who survives palace enemies and deposition and returns with one purpose: taking Constantinople. Selim Bayraktar as Çandarlı Halil Paşa and Sinan Albayrak as Zağanos Paşa surround him in the palace councils, while Seçkin Özdemir as Konstantinos and Tuba Ünsal as Mara Hatun bring the rival Byzantine side into focus. The engine of the story is a constant contest of wills, with court conspiracies, battlefield campaigns and a psychological chess match between two empires shaping every episode. Told across four seasons and ninety episodes in one continuing story, the series moves from palace corridors to siege lines. Set in fifteenth century Ottoman lands and Constantinople, it is a sweeping, cinematic epic with a grave, intense tone and a strong sense of destiny. Fans of Muhteşem Yüzyıl and The Last Kingdom will find resonance in its blend of court intrigue and large scale warfare.

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