My favorite part of these comment sections is people hating on the women and totally forgetting that the only villain of the story were the men that had the harems. The women were victims of the situation they were placed in, constantly having to outcompete each other to survive
Also before modern medicine, 50 percent of all women died in child birth.In order to ensure a male heir, the king had to reproduce with many women.Sad as it may be ,50 percent of all children died before the age of 5 .A harem was not just for sexual pleasure, but procreation.
Yes but unlike Mahideran Hurrem regretted it and she felt betrayed by her best friend I agree it was Suleiman fault and him alone but no one ever give the men the blame for anything
I can't understand why Hurrum fans always defend her wrong doings. She did WRONG to Gulnihal. And did not even apologize. She was never a true friend to anyone and always thought of her own advantage. Don't say she had No choice. She always had a choice. Choice of doing wrong or dying honour ably is always there. And if Hurrum fans say she had to do this all for survival then ooo please... Mahedevran also did all she just had to do for his survival.
But gulnihal once dreamed to be a sultana,she imagined herself when hurrem was standing infront of mirror. If gulnihal was true, she should have fainted in privy chamber. She was enjoying her time with sultan.
@AS btw this part is fiction. King was monogamous after being with hurrem. More than a concubine gulnihal was a good frnd to hurrem. She should have kept their frnship alive. Hurrem gave clothes to gulnihal which king gav her.
I just hate when they need to end up like this. Gülnihal or Maria is a good women. She is the only one who protect and support Alexandra from the beginning. If Sultan wants her to the bed, how can she refuse? She will lose her head anyway.
Exactly! Look how she made fun of gulnihal by taunting her that she will scare the baby prince. She has no shame. Just like mahidevran wounded her face, she burned gulnihal's face. No difference. Extremely narcissistic
I never liked Hurrem, especially after reading historic facts about her - she was thirsty for power and was cold-blooded, eliminating anybody who was on her way, plus using black magic and money to bribe people. And eventually, her favourite son Selim who was an alcoholic ruined the Empire.
Lol, everyone choose themselves when it's up to them. Be it Hurrem, Suleman , Mahidevran, Mustafa, Ibrahim and even Gulnihal. No one is above that. And everyone expects others to be loyal towards them than their own lives, why on Earth anyone lose their own lives because of loyalty? What an era to live! Everything feels like choices of gambling.
If Mahidevran had an ugly side hurrem too had the same.. mahidevran and hurrem were no different . Suleiman tolerated hurrem's rebel nature...but ignored mahidevran ..
They were very similar. But to say that Hürrem got away with everything and Mahidevran was punished isn't accurate. Mahi has literally gotten away with attempted murder before this.
I really lost a lot of respect for Hurrem here. To me this is the WORST thing she's done. She didn't do this to protect herself, her children, or Suleiman. It wasn't a kill or be killed situation. She poisoned her ONLY friend just because of a jealous rage. She KNEW this poor girl can't say no to the sultan. As for Gulnihal'w ambitions, that only came after the fact, when she had no choice but to see the silver lining of a bad situation. Everybody daydreams, but she had no intention of betraying Hurrem.
She had no intention of betraying her, but that didn’t stop her from doing it regardless. Saying that she did it even though she didn’t want to, in my opinion, is the same as saying she had no choice. Well there’s always a choice, but you’re all just too scared or too proud to make it. I’m not taking anyone’s side here, they’re both in the wrong, the way I see it.
@@patrickmartin6449 She literally had no actual choice. If the Sultan summons you, saying no is a death sentence. Even if she did tell Hürrem, she was not at the point of having enough influence to actually stop it from happening.
@@asurmenhandofasuryan4610She had choice. You can say no. Because being with the sultan means being the potential Valide one day. And for that you need to be Muslim. So, if you do not wish to convert you can say no. In the series, Gulnihar even tried to say no. But Sumbul told her if she accepted she could be a mother of a prince one day too. This grabbed Gulnihar's attention. So she agreed
Didn't you see the series ? Gulnihal betrayed her by sleeping with sułtan, she did that to get benefits though she knew hurrem loves him for real, so who's the bad friend here?
Didn't sultan never forgave mahidevrran for beating hurrem's face ? But didn't care when hurrem ruined someone's? And you think these women were the ones who did dirty?
She had a choice to tell her at first time, but she dreaming about to take plays of her friend and stay pregnant. She running to being muslim for that when Hürrem stay pregnant.
@@fainafaina1940 if she was a truly friend, she will came to Hürrem and said everything to her about the planing of Ibrahim. Hürrem understand all the dirty games that that playing behind her back. If Gülnihal talking to her before, Hürrem will find away to stoped halvet Suleyman with Gülnihal and Ibrahim will never doing this again. But Gülnihal dreaming to be Sultana and that's why she took what she deserved
Hurrum snachted the Happiness of mahidevran when she faced the same things she didn't obey the rule. This is the perfect feature of a selfish and witchcraft lady who never understood the harem. As a result he lost her 3 sons due to her karma,,,,,,,, it effects on the whole world
That was the norm that time.. the ladies had no choice since they were slaves.. but what they did to each other was too mean..Hurrem is actually a dark character.. not a pure soul..
Had gulnihal become a sultana, she would have been far better than hurrem. She was humble and less demented. But alas fate had decline of ottoman empire written in it.
@@olgajastrzebska5607 she was always protecting alexandra from others and only she respected her even after burning her face she still supported hurrem but hurrem treated her like a slave and she doesn't deserve anything
@@melonlord4429 I don't think Hurrem behaved well but Gulnihal accepted treating her as a slave. She was so passive..Why she came back to Hurrem after burning her face, why she still respected her? Gulshah run away from Mahidevran when she treated her outrageously and asked her rival Hurrem for help and Hurrem took her as a servant. Gulnihal could do the same, after burning her face she could go to Mahidevran or Valide and ask for help. Slavery in harem was not as harsh as in ancient Rome (for example harem girl could demand liberation after 9 years of harem service, in other places it was not possible). When Gulnihal wounds were healed by Sumbul (her face was ok) she could ask Valide for marrying off or removing her to another palace to be far away from Hurrem. Valide probably would accept her request, only to make Hurrem angry. Why Gulnihal didn't do that? I can't imagine why she was so passive, people like her are always victims but they silently accept their fate.
In the sense of getting back at Hurrem, I guess it did. But, in the end, you know how it goes in the Ottoman palace. “Men Dana Dukka” as Sumbul Agha once said so well to Hurrem’s daughter, Mihrimah. That, my good friend, translates into “what goes around comes around.”
3:50 I'm glad Hurrem gets somewhat shocked seeing Gulnihal with her burn scars. "INUUSIG KA NG MULTO NA GAWA MO!" That's a nasty but True saying in Mu country. "You are made scared by the Monster of Your own Making!"
Strong !!!.. Meaning deceitful Hurrem has won for nothing killed many... Its because of insecurity the Sultan had created... guess he should have been sensible..
El sultán es el culpable por haber aprovechado que Hurren estaba embarazada Y acostarse con la que cuida a sus hijos tan cerca de ella, ella no podía negarse por lo menos en esos tiempos aunque le llenaron la cabeza de que si tenía un hijo iba a ser Sultana y 20 cosas
@@lolaccount2192 she did what she had to do to protect herself and her children. And how would you behave if you watched your whole family being brutally murdered and being bought as a non living object. And when she arrived they treated her badly for no reason
@@lolaccount2192 she didn't have a choice. She was a slave. And the sultan was the one who chose her. And she needed to be powerful in order to save herself from the people who were after her since the beginning. And if anyone had an opportunity to live a better life than why wouldn't they want it.🤔☹
@@kamrunsultana4338 you asked me and I've answered. You're justifying too much her crimes, being victim doesn't give you the right to make other victims. Having choice or not.
Irrespective of t position of t king (her beloved one ) none will give up to an another woman .. even though if it's her her close friend . Infact it boosts one 's agony triple times .
Hurrem.... when they burned you, you were screaming and whining and blah blah blah. When you did the same to your so called 'friend' you seem faceless and with no remorse!
Ok so it is sultan who slept with the lady and she gets her face burnt and people saying she did it for survival and gulnihal betrayed her best friend n all i mean what would you guys do if your choices were to sleep with man or lose your head and also its wrong to sleep with your bff's man but its okay to burn her face what is wrong with you people???🙄 Why are they defending hurrem as if they are scared of her too? She may b the love of sultan but what's wrong is wrong you don't burn someone's face that is a cheap shot and shows how petite she is and unworthy of being queen. Power is not the only thing she lacked elegance 😑
Yeah it was wrong. That said, I think the people who use this as evidence that Hürren is pure evil are also wrong. She's being a selfish and deeply traumatised teenager acting out in an unacceptable way.
@@tsarina24honolulu87 no he wasnt She wss pregnant But gulfum was in topkapi palace while mahidevran was in manisa was him So if you accept what hurrem did Maria did the same
Nope bcz of sultan's double standards. When mahidevran beat hurem suleiman said her that I will never forgive you but when hurem did the same thing with gulnihal. Sultan said hmmm ok no problem I'm still a silly and dumb servant of you. I forget you bcz your eyes r blue. Pathetic woman😤😤😤
She was punished through Mehmet, when Valide took him from her and gave him to a wet nurse! And of course, Suleyman never learnt the incident! But even if he learnt it, nothing could happen, because Hürrem would found, as always, a way to make him forgive her!!
SIN to Gulnihal , I always stay for Hurrem site, but with her it was sin (also when she was little older killing Nazlyn was sin) Gulnihal had no choice about sleeping with the Sultan Im happy Sumbul found rich husband for Gulnihal,very good ,end of slavery,own house
@@oyinade84It would become about her kids. But here she's just being a selfish teenager. To say that Hürrem is all about power takes away from her complexity as a character.
Maybe Gulnihal - Maria had no choice but for me she was not better as Hurrem - after Sumbul told her that she can be a new Sultana she wanted to go to his bed.
What kind of stab? If she wanted, she could do it. No betrayal. Every woman could sleep with the Sultan. We are talking about the rules. He could sleep with any woman she wanted. Harem.
She slept with the Sultan, who had previously slept with Hurem and had child. Hurem found out and decided to punish her for the betrayal. She applied poison on her clothes and the poison caused her wounds and burns
@@gordanaterzic4121 I think acknowledging wrongdoing and making up can be better in most cases though. Including this one. It kind of makes revenge unnecessary.