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For 150 years, the Ottoman Empire — the most powerful state in the world — was secretly governed by women. Almost all of them were former slaves. They crowned sultans, deposed them, and waged wars against each other inside the walls of Topkapı Palace. From Hürrem Sultan, the captured girl who became the only woman an Ottoman sultan ever married, to Kösem Sultan, who ruled longer than most sultans before being murdered in the palace she commanded — this is the story of the Sultanate of Women.

They came from Ukraine, Venice, Albania, Greece, and Russia. They were taken as children, stripped of their names, and placed inside the Imperial Harem. And from behind its sealed doors, they shaped the fate of an empire that stretched across 3 continents and lasted over 600 years.

This video is a researched historical documentary based on verified academic sources, chronicles, and ambassadorial records. All events depicted are part of the documented historical record. Viewer discretion is advised.