Season 1 • Episode 5
LatestMustafa Kemal Pasha has begun working on the use of the new alphabet and international numerals.
This origin of the republic of Turkey. As İzmir celebrates victory, Latife Hanım’s admiration for Mustafa Kemal deepens while she hosts his mother, Zübeyde Hanım, in her home. Meanwhile, at Çankaya Mansion, the ailing Fikriye Hanım hides her worsening condition from Mustafa Kemal, only to be sent to a sanatorium as the War of Independence rages on.
Acting
Rutkay Aziz carries the weight of a nation's memory.
Production
Çankaya Mansion as character—claustrophobic, grand, suffocating.
Writing
Latife and Fikriye's parallel silences speak louder than speeches.
Rutkay Aziz
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Savaş Dinçel
İsmet İnönü
Ayda Aksel
Halide Edip Adıvar
Dolunay Soysert
Latife Hanım
Macide Tanır
Zübeyde Hanım
Çetin Tekindor
Reşit Galip
Tarık Ünlüoğlu
Ziya Hurşit Bey
Tijen Par
Adviye Hanım
Tamer Levent
Abdülmecit
Engin İnal
Adnan Adıvar
Elvin Beşikçioğlu
Afet İnan
Yeşim Alıç
Mevhibe Inönü
Kazım Akşar
Fethi Okyar
Ferdi Merter
Recep Peker
Murat Daltaban
Yakup Kadri
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Latife Hanım was briefly Turkey's first First Lady before vanishing from official narratives; the series sparked debates about her erasure.
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