Payitaht Abdülhamid, named The Last Emperor in English, is a Turkish Historical Drama Series Depicting Historical Events Set during the Reign of the 34th Ottoman Sultan, Abdul Hamid II.
The story sheds light on the reign of the most powerful Ottoman Emperor of the 19th century, Abdulhamid Han II, over the past 13 years. The real life story of a real Sultan. Abdulhamid Han was the most modern and innovative Sultan of the Ottoman Empire but the Sultan had a hard time due to the traitors inside the palace and even the traitors in Abdulhamid’s own family. “The Last Emperor”, which is a true story of history, is a unique work.
Payitaht Abdulhamid (English title: Last Emperor) is a historical-fiction Turkish television series produced by Es Film, the producer of Flint, directed by Serdar Akar and written by Uğur Uzunok. The series, published on TRT 1, is the 34th Ottoman Sultan II. It takes place in the last 13 years of Abdulhamid ‘s reign (1896-1909).
The series follows last 13 years of the reign of Sultan Abdulhamid II as he tries to protect the Empire and industrialize it. Bottom line The fight of Abdulhamid II to keep Ottoman Empire and Caliphate alive.
The glorious story of a life spent fighting traitors. The show depicts the life of Sultan Abdulhamid II who ascended the throne in 1876 and remained on the post for 33 years. It takes inspiration from the events that took place in the Ottoman State and around the world during the time of the “Red Sultan”.
The series follows important events that marked the last 13 years of the reign of Sultan Abdülhamid Han II, who rules the Ottoman Empire from its capital city, known as payitaht modern day Istanbul which was an ancient city called Constantinople earlier in the time of Byzantine Empire.
His reign Sultan Abdul Hamdi Han II 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. An important project that the Sultan succeeded is the work of Hejaz railway, in addition to developing other railways, telegraph lines, and industries.
Throughout
his time, the Sultan faces many opposers from all sides, from Britain and
Russia to even those supposedly loyal to him. The main theme of the series is
struggle and fight till the end.
This
master piece show based on the Final Era of the Ottomans “Payitaht AbdulHamid”
chronicles the struggles of The Great Caliph AbdulHamid & his fight against
the Zionist Jews & the world leaders who aim to overthrow the great Ottoman
State. Sultan AbdulHamid has taken the burden of ruling when the state was in
turmoil. He was a great Padishah in very difficult times.
Imagine
a lion, surrounded by hyenas. What can the lion do in this situation? Sultan
AbdulHamid was a great mind, a genius leader. He made the hyenas fight among
themselves, the last Caliph, and the last
Padishah. After him, the Ottomans came to an end. Just like he had said: “If
you can run this state for 10 years after me, I will count it as 100 years.”
The state came to an end 9 years after him.
Even today, his political views are a lesson, and his political moves are not understood perfectly. He faced many enemies, and he defeated all of them. The enemy could not win, and he was defeated by his own people. And so the eagle was shot down by an arrow made from his own father. “Understanding the meaning of AbdulHamid Han is understanding everything.”
