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Ottoman Empire

Kösem's murder

Saturday Sep 2, 1651
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire

The Sultanate of Women (1533–1656) was a period in which the mothers of young sultans exercised power on behalf of their sons. The most prominent women of this period were Kösem Sultan and her daughter-in-law Turhan Hatice, whose political rivalry culminated in Kösem's murder in 1651.


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