Another famous Turkish drama will air on state channel PTV this month.
PTV’s dubbed version of Ertugrul was a massive hit and gained huge popularity on television as well as on Youtube. Now, the drama serial ‘Payitaht: Abdülhamid’ will air on PTV from this Sunday at 8 pm.
Pyitaht Abdulhamid is also named in English as ‘The Last Emperor’ which is based on the life of Sultan Abdulhamid II. The drama showcases the last 13 years of his reign and how he fought to keep the Ottoman Empire alive.
Payitaht: Abdülhamid
Payitaht: Abdülhamid is a Turkish historical drama series starring Bülent İnal and Özlem Conker depicting historical events set during the reign of the 34th Ottoman Sultan, Abdul Hamid II.
The series gained support in Turkey, and support from the descendants of Abdul Hamid II Harun and Orhan Osmanoglu has been noted as a ‘follow-up’ to the previous television series Filinta Mustafa.
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The series follows important events that marked the last 13 years of the reign of Sultan Abdülhamid, who rules the Ottoman Empire from its capital city, known as payitaht.
His reign includes a war that resulted in the victory of the Ottoman Empire, the Greek War. It also shows the request for lands from Palestine and 1st Zionist Congress.
