Synopsis
"Rise of Empires: Ottoman is a Turkish historical docudrama, starring Cem Yigit Üzümoglu and Tommaso Basili. Its first season, which consists of 6 episodes, is directed by Emre Sahin and written by Kelly McPherson. The series became available for streaming on Netflix on 24 January 2020. It deals with the Ottoman Empire and Mehmed the Conqueror and tells the story of the Fall of Constantinople." [Wikipedia] The opening screen describes Osman's dream, "That city, placed at the junction of two seas and two continents, seemed like a diamond set between two sapphires and 2 emeralds, to form the most precious stone in a ring of universal empires." Osman, founder of the Ottoman dynasty, reigned from 1280 to 1299.