Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu

Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu (lit. 'Alparslan: Great Seljuk') is a Turkish historical action drama series written by Serdar Özönalan, directed by Sedat İnci and produced by Emre Konuk. As a prequel to Uyanış: Büyük Selçuklu, it depicts the political events and wars during Alp Arslan's rule as a Sultan of the Seljuk Empire. In the series, Turkish actor Barış Arduç essays the lead role of Alp Arslan.

Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu
Genre
Based onAlp Arslan
Written by
Directed bySedat İnci
Creative directorEmre Konuk
Starring
Theme music composerGökhan Kırdar
ComposerBatuhan Fırat
Country of originTurkey
Original languageTurkish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes56
Production
ProducerEmre Konuk
Running time120–150 minutes
Production companyAkli Film
Release
Original networkTRT 1
Picture format576i
HDTV 1080i
Audio formatStereo
Original release8 November 2021 (2021-11-08) –
present

The series was filmed on the TRT International Film Studios at various locations including Sakarya, Istanbul and Kocaeli. Turkish musician Gökhan Kırdar composed the opening theme while Kazakh musicians composed other music using instruments from the Turkic world. Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu premiered on TRT 1 on 8 November 2021.[1] The second season of the show premiered on 19 September 2022.[2]

Plot

On the day that the Seljuk Sultan Tugrul will appoint his heir, he receives the news that the Byzantines killed innocent Turks, including women and children. He orders an expedition to Anatolia. Mysterious assassins attack the Seljuk meliks who went on a campaign. The traces of the attack take Alparslan to a place he never expected. While Alparslan is after the assassins, he saves the life of a Turkmen girl named Akça Hatun , who escaped from Byzantine persecution. However, he is unaware of the secrets Akça hides behind her beauty. The Byzantine Emperor sends General Dukas and Captain Romanos Diogenes to Ani to solve the problems with the Turkmen. However, the mistake made by Yannis, son of Ani Tekfur Kekavmenos, causes Sultan Tuğrul to decide on war. Alparslan, who was given the good news of conquests in his dreams as a child, comes face to face with Byzantium in Pasinler with the Seljuk army. Pasinler will be the first step for Alparslan on his blessed path to open the doors of Anatolia to the Turks. After winning the battle of Pasinler, Sultan Tugrul declares his heir, Alparslan. However, removed himself from the state, so he could fight the Christians.

Alparslan and Akca plan to marry. He realizes Akca is a spy for Tekfur Kekavmenos but she changes her heart and works for Seljuk. Meanwhile, Emir Bozan feels cornered and plays his final move: killing Sultan Mevdud of Ghazni, Sehver's husband. When Sehver goes to tell Cagri Bey, her father, but Emir Bozan threatens her to start a throne war which would kill her child. Sehver tries to tell Cagri Bey with a note, but Karaca catches the note and asks Emir Bozan if the note is true. Karaca, is mad with Akca, because she told Cagri that the reason for his daughter Sevher's death was Karaca. Karaca loses her baby and then her life too.

Akca dies in Vaspurakan while they were conquering it, before getting to marry Alparslan. Alparslan hangs Kekavmenos, and Vaspurakan is theirs again.

Season 2

Season 2 starts with Alparslan doing Hajj. They fight against Arslan Yusuf, the killer of Ibrahim Yinal's and Erbaskan's father.

Alparslan is ordered by Sultan Tugrul to spare Yusuf's life, much to Yinal's detest. He is also ordered to marry Seferyi Hatun,daughter of Yusuf, which neither she or Alparslan are wanting, Alparslan due to the love and status of Aybike in his heart.Yinal is captured for trying to sell Steel to the enemies secretly, which Erbaskan told Alparslan. Alpagut, Alparslan's spy in Vaspurakan is called by the new Ani Tekfur, Gregor. Seferiye does not want this marriage. She stabs Alparslan on his shoulder at the end of the episode 1 of season 2. Alparslan marries her and slowly their love starts building. Arslan Yusuf turns out to be a traitor much to Seferiye's sadness . Gulce, Seferiye's sister comes to Vaspurakan on Alparslan's order. Seferiye starts loving her husband and he does too. Arslan Besasiri comes in and forms an alliance with Yinal. Yinal turns out to be a traitor much to the detest of Tugrul and Chagri his elder half brothers. Sulayman, Alparslan's brother, falls in love with Tekfur Grigor's daughter, Flora. Chagri gets badly wounded but lives only to get killed a short time later. Seferiye loves her husband. Grigor captures her and wants Alparslan to give up on Vaspurakan and Surmari Inn. Alparslan saves Seferiye, only to watch Kutalmis Bey, a bey who united with Yinal Bey, kill Tekfur Grigor's son, Alexander. Flora does not love Sulayman anymore. Seferiye gives birth to Meliksah. Count Leon appears in Ani. Erbaskan sides with Kutalmis Bey and pulls Gevher into the issue. Sulayman is declared the heir. Turns out later, Celal, the spy of Bessasiri in the palace is actually Altuncan Hatuns dead son, Enusirvan. Celal tries to kill the Sultan, but Altuncan hatun kills him and falls in depression, leading her death. Sultan Tughrul too falls ill, and his vizier, Amidulmulk, sets Sulayman as temporary Sultan. Kutalmis Bey asks Sulayman for Khorasan, which is Cagri bey's legacy to his sons. Sulayman agrees, Despite what Alparslan says. Kutalmis and Alparslan fight for Merv Tribe. Count Leon forces Seferiye and all the alps in Vaspurakan to leave. Merv Tribe belongs to Kutalmis Bey. Selcen Hatun is mad with her son for doing such a thing.

Cast

Main

Recurring
  • Kaan Yalçin as Kavurd Bey, a Seljuk Melik, Emir of Kirman, eldest son of Çağrı Bey, nephew of Tuğrul Bey and elder brother of Alparslan, Begim Şehver, Süleyman and Gevher Hatun.
  • Betül Çobanoğlu as Selcan Hatun: wife of Çağrı Bey.
  • Hakan Şahin as Kündürî. (deceased)
  • Esila Umut as Gevher Hatun: sister of Alparslan, Kavurd, Süleyman and Begim Şehver, wife of Erbasgan.
  • Ferit Kaya as Erbasgan, Brother of Ibrahim Yinal, Husband of Gevher.
  • Burak Ali Özkan as Shehzade Mesud, son of the Ghaznavid State emperor Sultan Mevdud and Begum Sehver Sultan, grandson of Çağrı Bey, nephew of Alparslan.
  • Ayşegül Ünsal as Akınay Hatun, mother of Alpagut, widow of Temurleng.
  • Burak Şafak as Avar Bey.
  • Onur Aycelik as Artuk Bey.
  • Kutay Sungar as Atsız Bey.
  • Emre Bulut as Afşin Bey.
  • Merve Nil Güder as Gülce Hatun, daughter of Emir Arslan Yusuf, younger sister of Seferiye Hatun.
  • Cihan Muğlu (kid) as Serdar Alp.
  • Ozgur Çevik as Count Leon.
  • Anil Özdemirci as Süleyman Şah, based from Suleiman Shah, son of Kutalmiş Bey, Brother of Melik Mansur.
  • Doğukan Çevik as Melik Mansur, son of Kutalmiş Bey, Brother of Süleyman Şah.
  • Kanbolat Görkem Arslan as Kutalmiş Bey, based from Qutalmish, Father of Süleyman Şah and Melik Mansur. (deceased)
  • Alican Okumuş as Celal/Enuşirvan , Real son of Altuncan Hatun, who became bad at Sultan Tugrul and after that dies. (deceased)
  • Umut Karadağ as Emir Arslan Yusuf: son of Ali Tegin, father of Seferiye Hatun and Gülce Hatun, descended from Karakhanids. (deceased)
  • Korel Cezayirli as Süleyman: brother of Alparslan and Kavurd, son of Çağrı Bey, and widower of Karaca Hatun, husband of Flora. (deceased)
  • Fırat Topkorur as Alpagut, son of Temurleng and Akınay Hatun. (deceased)
  • Sinan Tuzcu as Constantine X Doukas.
  • Esra Kızıldoğan as Altuncan Hatun: Tuğrul Bey's wife. (deceased)
  • Uygar Özçelik as İbrahim Yınal: the maternal half brother of Tuğrul Bey and Çağrı Bey. He is the uncle of Alparslan, Kavurd and Süleyman. Husband of Öke Hatun.(deceased)
  • Dilaray Yeşilyaprak as Flora, daughter of Tekfur Grigor, sister of Alexander, wife of Süleyman.
  • Öykü Gürman as Öke Hatun: wife of Ibrahim Yınal Bey. (deceased)
  • Yıldırım Fikret Urağ as Amidülmulk, Vizier of Süleyman. (deceased)
  • Atsız Karaduman as Aybars Bey. (Deceased)
  • Ümit Acar as Papa Stefanos/Şamil, He was a friend of Sultan Tuğrul. (deceased)
  • Gürkan Çolaker as Resul Tegin, Brother of Kutalmiş Bey. (deceased)
  • Şahin Çelik as Batur Bey.
  • Kerem Poyraz Kayaalp as Batuis, Alexander's assistant. (Deceased)
  • Tuğçe Turker as Zeren, assistant of Seferiye Hatun. (deceased)
  • Talat Can Büyükaltay as Toygar Bey.
  • Alper Güngor as Tekin Bey.
  • Gökhan Güngor as Goktualp. (Deceased)
  • Sarp Levendoğlu as Romanos IV Diogenes.
  • Unknown as Hatice Arslan Hatun.
  • Unknown as Safiye Hatun.
  • Mustafa Kazar as Kral Bagrat, based from Bagrat IV of Georgia.
  • Doğanay Ünal as Melik Merdan, an fictional character. Son of Kavurd. (deceased)
  • Nesrin Yılmaz as Julia.
  • Gökhan Tercanlı as Hacip Yasin.

Season 1
  • Fahriye Evcen as Akça "Aybike" Hatun (Maria): Alparslan's fiancée, daughter of Nizamülmülk and Meryem Hatun (Maria)(deceased).[3]
  • Yurdaer Okur as Tuğrul Bozan, an Emir in Ghaznavids. But actually leader of forbidden Shia Islam organisation Qarmatians, killed Begin Sehver Sultan and assassinated Sultan Mevdud. Gets beheaded by Alparslan. (deceased).
  • Toprak Sergen as Katakalon Kekaumenos, a Byzantine Tekfur (deceased).
  • Emre Kızılırmak as Georgian Prince Rati, son of Prince Liparit.(deceased)
  • Mehmet Ünal as Georgian Prince Ivan, son of Prince Liparit.(deceased)
  • Saner Pakoglu as Liparit IV of Kldekari, Georgian Prince, general, and political figure that get caught by Seljuk in a war. (Deceased)
  • Gizem Karaca as Eudokia Makrembolitissa
  • Zeynep Özder as Begim Şehver Sultan: daughter of Çağrı Bey, the wife of the Ghaznavid Sultan Mevdud and the sister of Alparslan, Kavurd, Süleyman and Gevher Hatun (deceased).
  • Metehan Şahiner as Prince Yannis, Tekfur Kekavmenos son. (deceased).
  • Rabia Soytürk as Karaca Hatun: Süleyman's wife, Tuğrul Bozan's sister (deceased).
  • Burak Demir as Hervé Frankopoulos : a Norman mercenary general in Byzantine service during the 1050s, former friend and enemy of Katakalon Kekavmenos. (deceased)
  • Olcay Kavuzlu as Hace Dıhistani, Vizier of Sultan Tuğrul. (deceased)
  • Tevfik Erman Kutlu as Ferzat, Friend of Ibrahim Yinal. (deceased)
  • Tolga Öztürk as Hacip Yusuf, Seljuk Emir (deceased)
  • Mim Kemal Öke as Akbilge.

Episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
127November 8, 2021 (2021-11-08)May 30, 2022 (2022-05-30)
2TBASeptember 19, 2022 (2022-09-19)TBA (TBA)

Marketing

On 7 September 2021, director Emre Konuk released a title sequence for the first episode.[5]

References
  1. "Alparslan dizisinin yayın tarihi açıklandı, şimdi Yasak Elma ve Kalp Yarası düşünsün!". TeleviziyonGazetesi.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  2. "Alparslan Büyük Selçuklu dizisi 19 Eylül Pazartesi İkinci Sezonuyla TRT 1'de Başlıyor". TeleviziyonGazetesi.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  3. "Uyanış Büyük Selçuklu'da kim var kim yok alayı gitti! 2. sezonda bomba değişiklik! Şimdi sırada..." [The "who's in, who's out" procession in Awakening: Great Seljuks has gone! Huge change in the second season! Now the rest...]. Takvim (in Turkish). 25 July 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  4. Altuntaş, Birsen (6 August 2021). "Diriliş Ertuğrul'dan Uyanış Büyük Selçuklu'ya flaş transfer! Baycu Noyan ile kasırgalar estirmişti" [Flash transfer from Diriliş Ertuğrul to Awakening Great Seljuk! He was a storm as Baycu Noyan]. Takvim (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  5. Konuk, Emre [@emrekonukk] [in Turkish] (7 September 2021). ""Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu" dizimizin ilk tanıtımı bu akşam yayında! #AlparslanBüyükSelçuklu #UyanışBüyükSelçuklu @trt1 @AlparslanDizisi @AkliFilm" [The first episode of our series "Alparslan: The Great Seljuk" is on air tonight!] (Tweet). Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via Twitter.
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