Hatice Turhan: Historical novel: Book 1: Feathered winds are not terrible

The mother of one of the descendants of the famous Roxolana was another Ukrainian woman from Podillya - Nadiya, who was named Hatice Turhan in the harem of Sultan Ibrahim the Mad. She lived in the turbulent years of the mid-seventeenth century, full of uprisings in the provinces of the Ottoman Empire, riots of janissaries and shopkeepers in Constantinople, bloody massacres, executions and the overthrow of her husband, the sultan. Hatice Turhan faced many trials and difficulties. But as the wife of the ruler, and later the regent of the young Sultan Mehmed IV, she steadfastly overcame them. together with the janissaries and the Crimean Tatar army against the Polish and Moscow oppression. Unfortunately, the figure of this Ukrainian sultan, unlike Roxolana, is little known in Ukraine. Candidate of Art History, journalist, author of scientific of the popular book "Roxolana: Myths and Realities" (2015, 2nd edition 2016) Alexander Shutko based on historical facts, archival materials and research of Turkish, American and Western European scholars wrote a novel about Hatice Turhan, in which not only real events are real and heroes, but also their dialogues, which have survived thanks to Ottoman chroniclers.

Interview with the writer Alexandra Shutko: "The figure of Sultan Hatice Turhan is little known in Uk Raina, so I decided to fix the situation "

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