Som ung, idealistisk britisk officer under Første Verdenskrig får T.E. Lawrence ordre på at rejse ind i ørkenen og tage kontakt til den arabiske stammeleder prins Feisal, som er briternes allierede. Snart bliver den gådefulde Lawrence en central figur i arabernes oprør mod den tyrkiske besættelsesmagt, og hans mod og dygtige lederskab gør ham til en nærmest legendarisk skikkelse.
Stillet over for et umuligt valg risikerer fyrst Vlad III af Vallakiet sin sjæl for at redde sit folk fra Sultan Mehmeds terror og sin egen søn fra slaveri for sultanen. Engang blev Vlad selv revet bort fra sin familie for at blive opdraget som en af sultanens slavesoldater, men ikke denne gang. Men sin viljestærke dronning Mirena ved sin side vælger han at kæmpe mod overmagten. Da alt ser håbløst ud vender han sig til den dæmon, han ved skjuler sig i de nærliggende bjerge: Han får hurtighed, styrke og magt til at knuse sine fjender. Blot skal han i tre dage overvinde sin tørst – sin tørst efter blod – så er han fri. Fyrst Vlad, der også er kendt som ’dragens søn’, Dracula!
På sit dødsleje giver Dronning Elizabeth den Første et fornemt slot til en ung adelsmand, Orlando, og beder ham samtidig om aldrig at blive gammel og visne hen. Dette løfter holder den unge mand, endda gennem flere århundreder, båret oppe af sin kærlighed til kunsten og poesien.
Året er 1914, og det mægtige Osmannerrige er ved at bryde sammen. Den medicinstuderende Michael ankommer til Konstantinopel. Det samme gør fotojournalisten Chris, der er forelsket i den armenske kunstner Ana. Da Michael møder Ana får deres fælles armenske baggrund det til at slå gnister mellem dem. Men da osmannerne begynder at forfølge landets etniske minoriteter, starter en desperat kamp for overlevelse.
Filmen handler om de muslimske osmanners erobring af Konstantinopel, det kristne Byzans eller det Østromerske Rige hovedstad indtil 1453. Filmens første sekvens foregår i Medina 627, hvor profeten Muhammed forudsiger, at Konstantinopel bliver erobret, og velsigner den emir og den hær, der erobrer byen.Herefter springes til 1451, hvor osmannernes sultan netop er død, og hans søn Mehmet II overtager sultantitlen og kampen for at erobre Konstantinopel. I filmen skiftes hovedsageligt mellem scener hos Byzans kejser Konstantin XI Palaiologos og hans mænd i Konstantinopel og sekvenser blandt Mehmet II og hans rådgivere.
I 1914 drager den unge sygeplejerske Lillie fra USA til Osmannerriget for at levere medicin til et fjerntliggende hospital. Under rejsen gennem Anatolien begynder hun at falde for sin eskorte, Ismail, der er løjtnant i osmannerhæren. Men snart bryder 1. Verdenskrig løs, og Lillie splittes mellem sit arbejde på hospitalet og sin kærlighed til Ismail.
Ukraine i det 16. århundrede: Kosakhøvdingen Taras Bulba kæmper en nådesløs kamp mod polakkerne, som har besat hans land. Da hans søn Andrei bliver forelsket i en smuk polsk pige, eksploderer familiekonflikterne pludselig
The life of Osman Bey, the son of Ertugrul Gazi and the founder of the Ottoman Empire.
At the age of 26, when his reign began, Sultan Süleyman sought to build an empire more powerful than Alexander the Great and to render the Ottomans invincible. Throughout his 46-year reign, his fame as the greatest warrior and ruler of his age spreads both to the East and West. With his companion Pargalı İbrahim, Süleyman achieves great victories, and makes his name known in the Muslim World. Süleyman called İbrahim his brother, friend and advisor. The television series shows Süleyman's consolidation of his power: Pargalı İbrahim being grand minister of state, reinforcing the rule of law throughout the empire, meeting foreign diplomats, and preparing for military campaigns, all set against the backdrop of the tension between Christian Europe and the Ottoman Empire.
The fight of Abdülhamid II to keep the Ottoman Empire and Caliphate alive.
Tells the legendary story between the Sultan of Kosem and Ahmed I.
Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II wages an epic campaign to take the Byzantine capital of Constantinople and shapes the course of history for centuries.
Barbaroslar: Sword of the Mediterranean will take viewers on a historic journey across the Ottoman Empire based on the life of 16th-century Ottoman admiral "Barbaros" Hayreddin Pasha and the adventures of four brothers who become seafarers. The drama series retells this adventure through the stories of four brothers; Ishak, Oruc, Hizir, and Ilyas, fighting high tides and the secrets of the seas. It focuses on their pursuit of a holy secret with the help of Master Suleyman, and during the course of their journey, they make enemies in, Pietro; the Pope's hand reaching out to the Mediterranean who is also pursuing the secret and organizes an attack against their ship. But this doesn't stop the brothers and they continue their original quest to find the holy secret all the while fighting their enemies at high tides.
Fatih series will be about the life of Ottoman sultan Fatih Sultan Mehmet.
This four-part historical drama follows the end of Catherine the Great's reign and her affair with Russian military leader Grigory Potemkin that helped shape the future of Russian politics.
"Carbine" The first Ottoman crime show of television history, -Filinta- is a show that presents notions of rights, justice, camaraderie, fellowship and love. Mustafa is a very smart, skillful, handsome young man. He serves as a policeman with his best friend Ali, who is also an orphan like Mustafa. Kadı Gıyaseddin is a -kadı- (judge) who belongs to a well-established family, and was trained in Damascus, Bukhara, Cairo and Konya from an early age. He is of an easy-going and coolheaded temperament. He shows us his refined wisdom in every scene. He also has trained sultans sons at the palace. He is a former mentor of the Sultan. Our story begins with a conspiracy against Mustafa and Ali.
Bir Zamanlar Osmanlı: Kıyam is a Turkish historical television series about Assassins, Tulip period and Patrona Halil rebellion in 18th-century Ottoman Empire. It was originally broadcast on Turkey's state television TRT.
Professor Alice Roberts takes a train ride that covers 600 years of the Ottoman Empire. Her mission is to learn about this vast empire that started with a dream in the 14th century.
Sultan of Ottoman Empire Selim I son of Bayezid II nicknamed Yavuz was born on 10th of October 1470 in Amasya. His father was Beyazid II and mother was Gulbahar Hatun. He was ascended to throne in 1512 and ruled the Ottoman Empire for 8 years until 1520. Yavuz Sultan Selim was one of the Empire's most successful and respected sultans. He was tall, strong, brave, fierce, but very modest despite his powers and was writing poems. He never rested during his rule, he worked hard and organized campaigns, filled the treasury with lots of gold. He was an expert on using the sword, archery, and wrestling. He had long mustache but he cut his beard, unlike other sultans.
A limited series focusing on the life of Vasil Levski and the Bulgarian fight for independence from the Ottoman Empire.
