Season Plot

Season 1 of Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı chronicles the early rise of Sultan Mehmed II, beginning with his ascension to the Ottoman throne following the death of his brother Şehzade Aladdin and the abdication of Sultan Murad II. The season explores Mehmed’s ambitious dream of conquering Constantinople, a vision met with resistance from powerful figures like Grand Vizier Çandarlı Halil Pasha. Amid palace intrigues, shifting loyalties, and strategic alliances, Mehmed is briefly deposed but later returns to power with renewed determination. As internal enemies are purged and political tensions escalate in both the Ottoman and Byzantine courts, the season ends with Mehmed poised to fulfill his destiny, while Emperor Konstantinos XI secures his throne in Constantinople under the shadow of betrayal and manipulation