Rise of Empires: Ottoman

Rise of Empires: Ottoman
Poster
GenreDocudrama
Written by
  • Kelly McPherson
Directed byEmre Şahin
Starring
Narrated by
Country of originTurkey
Original languages
  • English
  • Turkish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes12
Production
Producers
  • Kelly McPherson
  • Emre Şahin
  • Sarah Wetherbee
Production locationIstanbul
Editors
  • Alex Durham
  • Alessandro Soares
Running time45 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkNetflix
Release24 January 2020 (2020-01-24) 
29 December 2022 (2022-12-29)

Rise of Empires: Ottoman is a Turkish historical docudrama, starring Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu, Tommaso Basili and Daniel Nuță. Its first season, which consists of 6 episodes, is directed by Emre Sahin and written by Kelly McPherson. It 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. The second season also has 6 episodes and premiered on 29 December 2022, focusing on the 1462 campaign against Vlad the Impaler in Wallachia (in present-day Romania).