Role of 'Kosem' taken by Beren Saat from episode 21

Following the massive popularity of the historical fiction television series, “Sultan Suleyman,” Deepto TV started airing a spinoff titled, “Sultan Suleyman: Kosem,” from February 17. From episode 21 of the series the lead role of Kosem will be taken by Beren Saat from  Anastasia Tsilimpiou. “Sultan Suleyman,” written by Meral Okay and Yılmaz Şahin, is based on the life of Ottoman Sultan ‘Suleyman the Magnificent,’ the longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and his wife Hurrem Sultan, a slave girl who later was known as the Sultanate of Women. Kösem has been the all-powerful Valide Sultan and regent to her son Sultan Murad IV for nearly a decade. Later on when the military unrest  had deprived her of her authority, the two clashed. With the control of the state fully in his hands, Murad sets his plans of restoring the empire to the times of prosperity and conquest and checking corruption in motion. At the same time, the Hungarian princess Farya Bethlen seeks refuge at the Ottoman court and the instant attraction between her and the Sultan causes reactions. A strain is also put on Murad's relationship with his sister Gevherhan after the execution of her husband she eventually opts for love instead of power games. Their half-brother and Crown Prince, Bayezid, though loyal himself to the sultan, is drawn in conflict too, due to the ambitions of his mother, Gülbahar, who has been long obscured by Kösem; all the while the other princes' and infidels' agendas remain unknown and anti-Ottoman sentiments and plans resurface in the West.