Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem / Kösem Sultan / The Reign of Kösem / The Magnificent Age: Kösem

Creators and Producers / Created by: Meral Okay (original Magnificent Century) and continued by Yılmaz Şahin for Kösem / Produced by: Timur Savcı / Production Company: Tims Productions / Directors / Directors throughout the series include Mert Baykal, Yağmur Taylan, and Durul Taylan. / Writers / Screenplay: Yılmaz Şahin, Nüket Bıçakçı, and several other writers contributed to the storyline. / Main Cast / The series spans several time periods, so multiple actors played the same character in different stages of life. Here are some of the key characters and actors: / Kösem Sultan / Anastasia Tsilimpiou as young Kösem Sultan / Beren Saat as adult Kösem Sultan (Season 1) / Nurgül Yeşilçay as older Kösem Sultan (Season 2) / Ahmed I / Ekin Koç as Sultan Ahmed I / Sultan Murad IV / Metin Akdülger as Sultan Murad IV / Safiye Sultan / Hülya Avşar as Safiye Sultan, Kösem’s mother-in-law and a powerful figure in the empire / Handan Sultan / Tülin Özen as Handan Sultan, mother of Ahmed I / Sultan Osman II / Taner Ölmez as Sultan Osman II / Sultan Mehmed IV / Kadir Doğulu as Sultan Mehmed IV (introduced in later episodes) / Supporting Cast / Some other notable actors in the supporting cast include: / Aslıhan Gürbüz as Halime Sultan / Bade İşçil as Mahfiruze Sultan / Farah Zeynep Abdullah as Farya Bethlen / Ertan Saban as Zülfikar Agha / Öykü Karayel as Dilruba Sultan / Bige Önal as Atike Sultan