Payitaht: Abdulhamid: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Payitaht: Abdulhamid Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Sep 29, 2017
The Ottoman Army greeted the Greeks on the battlefield, and the glory of victory enveloped the palace. But Hatice Sultan and Naime Sultan are in concern. Kemalettin Paşa is not amo
Episode 2
Oct 6, 2017
Mahmut Paşa learns of the oil plans and tries to use Sabahattin to become a major player. Naime Sultan prepares her wedding with Kemalettin Paşa but Kemalettin Paşa is not convince
Episode 3
Oct 13, 2017
Ahsen feels that her presence in the palace might lead to unrest and decides to leave. Firuze hatches a plan to prolong her stay in the palace but Bidar Sultan is starting to get s
Episode 4
Oct 20, 2017
With Selim Paşa's life more at danger with his new duty, Murat Effendi, with the help of Osman Söğütlü, tries to protect him while tracking down the foreign agents in the capital.
Episode 5
Oct 27, 2017
Gerfand Effendi has made it to the palace, but will his real identity be revealed? In the streets of the capital the people are displeased about their livelihood, but Sultan Abdülh
Episode 6
Nov 3, 2017
In the capital, the new Ottoman engineers are arriving and with them the plans to exploit the oil fields. However, Sultan Abdülhamid's past comes to haunt him in the form of a new
Episode 7
Nov 10, 2017
Kemalettin Paşa makes his choice but once again is pulled right back in. Sultan Abdülhamid struggles with the newly accumulated debt but he plans to pay it nonetheless. Murat Effen
Episode 8
Nov 17, 2017
The poison is starting to affect the Sultan Abdülhamid, but the American threat is looming... Inside the palace, it is becoming harder for Hatice Sultan and Kemalettin Paşa to hide
Episode 9
Nov 24, 2017
As Sultan Abdülhamid's situation is worsening, the vultures are circling the palace to take his throne. Bidar Sultan is closing in on Firuze as her identity is about to be revealed
Episode 10
Dec 1, 2017
Sultan Abdülhamid confronts Şehzade Abdulkadir about his recent actions in his absence. The palace is shook at Sultan Hatice's suicide attempt. The murder of Sultan Abdulaziz is r
Episode 11
Dec 8, 2017
With Mahmud Paşa back in Sultan Abdülhamid's grace, Parvus explores other options. The loss of Yusuf is not only felt by his friends, but also by some of the orphans of the city. K
Episode 12
Dec 15, 2017
Parvus tries to topple Sultan Abdülhamid's position by spreading disease in the city, but his influence runs deeper than Parvus expected... Relentless in his schemes, Parvus tries
Episode 13
Dec 15, 2017
With Parvus' real identity exposed, the Western powers scramble to free him. In an attempt to be together forever with Kemalettin Paşa, Hatice Sultan tries to take both their lives
Episode 14
Dec 29, 2017
Firuze still wanders the streets of the capital as she's hopeful to meet Şehzade Abdülkadir. The situation of Hatice Sultan is becoming untenable as her secret is revealed. The Eng
Episode 15
Jan 5, 2018
Finally, Theodore Herzl makes his appearance in front of Sultan Abdülhamid. At the palace, Sultan Murad is hosted while attending Hatice Sultan's wedding. The palace is preparing f
Episode 16
Jan 12, 2018
Emperor Wilhelm has accepted the invitation of Sultan Abdülhamid, much to the dismay of the Western powers. Firuze is becoming more and more entangled with Şehzade Abdülkadir, to t