Episode guide
Founder: Orhan: Season 1
26 episodes · premiered Oct 29, 2025
Season 1 of Kuruluş Orhan follows Orhan Bey’s rise as the second ruler of the Ottoman Empire, focusing on his conquest of Bursa and the political turmoil surrounding his succession.
- Episode 1: Episode 1 Oct 29, 2025 · 2h 30m 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 that…
- Episode 2: Episode 2 Nov 5, 2025 · 2h 30m 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 Alaeddin and…
- Episode 3: Episode 3 Nov 12, 2025 · 2h 30m 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 despite Osman…
- Episode 4: Episode 4 Nov 19, 2025 · 2h 30m 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 Hatun, he…
- Episode 5: Episode 5 Nov 26, 2025 · 2h 30m 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 himself, Orhan…
- Episode 6: Episode 6 Dec 3, 2025 · 2h 30m 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 tensions in…
- Episode 7: Episode 7 Dec 10, 2025 · 2h 30m 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 alliance…
- Episode 8: Episode 8 Dec 17, 2025 · 2h 30m 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 trapped…
- Episode 9: Episode 9 Dec 24, 2025 · 2h 30m 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, Hector…
- Episode 10: Episode 10 Jan 14, 2026 · 2h 30m 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…
- Episode 11: Episode 11 Jan 21, 2026 · 2h 30m 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 city’s…
- Episode 12: Episode 12 Jan 28, 2026 · 2h 30m 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 deepen the…
- Episode 13: Episode 13 Feb 4, 2026 · 2h 30m 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 tribal…
- Episode 14: Episode 14 Feb 11, 2026 · 2h 30m 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 Nilüfer…
- Episode 15: Episode 15 Feb 18, 2026 · 2h 30m 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 Gonca…
- Episode 16: Episode 16 Feb 25, 2026 · 2h 30m 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…
- Episode 17: Episode 17 Mar 11, 2026 · 2h 30m 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 raid on…
- Episode 18: Episode 18 Mar 18, 2026 · 2h 30m 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 Orhan…
- Episode 19: Episode 19 Mar 25, 2026 · 2h 30m 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 leaves…
- Episode 20: Episode 20 Apr 1, 2026 · 2h 30m 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 reckoning…
- Episode 21: Episode 21 Apr 8, 2026 · 2h 30m 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 gives…
- Episode 22: 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 of…
- Episode 23: 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 everyone…
- Episode 24: 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 deadly trap…
- Episode 25: 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 brother, and…
- Episode 26: Episode 26 Jun 10, 2026 · 2h 30m 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…