Founder: Orhan: Season 1
Founder: Orhan is a 2025 Turkish historical drama series classified under drama, action‑and‑adventure, and war‑and‑politics. The show follows the life of Orhan Bey, the son of Osman, and his development into the second ruler of the Ottoman Empire. Season 1 concentrates on Orhan Bey’s ascent to power, portraying his strategic and military efforts to capture the city of Bursa. The narrative also examines the political
Season overview
Founder: Orhan is a 2025 Turkish historical drama series classified under drama, action‑and‑adventure, and war‑and‑politics. The show follows the life of Orhan Bey, the son of Osman, and his development into the second ruler of the Ottoman Empire. Season 1 concentrates on Orhan Bey’s ascent to power, portraying his strategic and military efforts to capture the city of Bursa. The narrative also examines the political turbulence that surrounds his succession, highlighting the challenges and intrigue that accompany his claim to the throne. By focusing on both the battlefield achievements and the courtly machinations of the early Ottoman period, the season offers a dramatized view of a formative era in Turkish history. The series presents a blend of personal ambition and broader state‑building themes as Orhan Bey seeks to consolidate and expand the nascent empire established by his father.
Episodes
Episode 1
Oct 29, 2025
Orhan Bey continues his nine-year siege of Bursa to fulfill Osman Bey’s vision, facing formidable resistance from Saroz and Flavius. As tensions rise, Osman Bey convenes a council
Episode 2
Nov 5, 2025
Orhan Bey returns victorious but is shaken by unexpected news, prompting him to surrender his position to Osman Bey with a solemn acceptance of fate. As tensions rise between Alaed
Episode 3
Nov 12, 2025
As the Byzantine, Ilkhanate, and Turkmen forces unite to defend Bursa, Orhan Bey urges diplomacy to dismantle the alliance, clashing with Şahinşah’s call for immediate attack despi
Episode 4
Nov 19, 2025
Orhan Bey faces a critical test of leadership as tensions rise within the Kayı tribe, challenged by both his father and brother to prevent internal division. Supported by Nilüfer H
Episode 5
Nov 26, 2025
As Orhan Bey assumes leadership, unrest brews when Şahinşah Bey, angered by his removal from command despite pledging allegiance, seeks to challenge him. Determined to prove himsel
Episode 6
Dec 3, 2025
Orhan Bey’s campaign to win Bursa blends mercy and strategy, alarming the Byzantines while a hidden threat rises in Söğüt. Flavius entangles Fatma in his schemes, suitors stir tens
Episode 7
Dec 10, 2025
The Knights of the Holy Temple launch a brutal crusade in Anatolia, targeting Orhan Bey and his family, with Hector plotting to capture Fatma Hatun. Orhan and Flavius form a tense
Episode 8
Dec 17, 2025
Orhan Bey’s rescue mission for Fatma Hatun is disrupted by Princess Asporça, who demands his father’s surrender and threatens war, while the Knights Templar attack, leaving him tra
Episode 9
Dec 24, 2025
Orhan Bey thwarts the Knights’ ambush on Princess Asporça, sparking new tensions in the camp and raising questions about his true motives as he maneuvers against Hector. Meanwhile,
Episode 10
Jan 14, 2026
Orhan Bey’s triumph over Hector reshapes the balance of power, even as he returns to camp to face the sorrow of Osman Bey’s decline and renews his vow to conquer Bursa. Asporça’s u
Episode 11
Jan 21, 2026
Orhan Bey’s conquest of Bursa sparks both the birth of a state and fierce opposition, with Karasid leader Demirhan Bey emerging as his most determined rival, refusing to yield the
Episode 12
Jan 28, 2026
Sultan Orhan’s clash with Temurtaş triggers rebellion, shifting alliances, and rising intrigue, while Asporça’s unexpected turn against him and Nilüfer Hatun’s growing hostility de
Episode 13
Feb 4, 2026
Sultan Orhan’s advance toward the Biga Gorge sparks unrest, pushing Demirhan to pressure Dursun into betraying him to save Temurtaş, while Nilüfer Hatun and Asporça’s clash deepens
Episode 14
Feb 11, 2026
Bursa is thrown into turmoil as hidden forces move against Sultan Orhan, while Asporça—angered by political schemes and Orhan’s secret İznik plans—launches open rebellion, ordering
Episode 15
Feb 18, 2026
Sultan Orhan marches into a decisive battle against Asporça, unaware that Shahinshah’s suspicious disappearance may signal a new betrayal. On the road to Germiyan, Alaeddin and Gon
Episode 16
Feb 25, 2026
Orhan Bey races to seize key territories while Şahinşah plots to kill Demirhan to protect his secrets. Nilüfer is captured and used as leverage by Asporça, leading to a bloody conf
Episode 17
Mar 11, 2026
Şahinşah seizes Karacahisar and sparks a frontier revolt, then hunts Orhan and Asporça to a cliff where Orhan chooses a desperate leap over capture. As Şahinşah unleashes a bloody
Episode 18
Mar 18, 2026
Flavius dies after a brutal attack, his final embrace of faith shaking the palace and driving a painful wedge between Orhan and Fatma. The Emperor’s command that Asporça marry Orha
Episode 19
Mar 25, 2026
Orhan and Asporça are trapped by Şahinşah, Demirhan, and later Andronikos, forcing Orhan into desperate, risky moves to save her. Evrenos uncovers his origins while a deadly clash
Episode 20
Apr 1, 2026
Sultan Orhan strikes Şahinşah’s camp, triggering a vicious counter‑trap from Şahinşah and Demirhan. Yiğit’s quest for vengeance ends in flames, pushing Didar toward a bloody reckon
Episode 21
Apr 8, 2026
Orhan’s marriage to Asporça ignites palace chaos: Nilüfer challenges her, enemies plot bloodshed, Daphne schemes escape, and Evrenos fights to save Fatma. Amid the turmoil, Nilüfer
Episode 22
Apr 29, 2026
Sultan Orhan and Asporça’s political marriage disrupts the palace, pushing Nilüfer into open defiance as jealousy and fear strain her bond with Orhan, while enemies accuse Dursun o
Episode 23
May 6, 2026
Sultan Orhan charges into vengeance and chaos as he hunts Asporça through a deadly monastery, while palace tensions, Yiğit’s brutal trap, and Gonca’s life‑or‑death childbirth push
Episode 24
May 20, 2026
Asporça’s return ignites a fierce clash with Nilüfer, strains her bond with Orhan, and unfolds alongside rising political threats, a wedding scandal that shakes the palace, a deadl
Episode 25
Jun 3, 2026
Sultan Orhan drives toward İznik and İzmit while vowing revenge after Şahinşah’s ambush, as palace tensions explode between Asporça and Nilüfer, Dursun defies his power‑hungry brot
Episode 26
Jun 10, 2026
Sultan Orhan races to outmaneuver the Emperor and Şahinşah by destroying their fleet before it sails, while Bursa celebrates Fatma and Evrenos’s hopeful reunion even as Nilüfer and