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I am Süleyman. Descended from Yavuz Sultan Selim Khan, born from Hafsa Ayşe Sultan, who brought joy to the Trabzon Palace in the autumn of 1494, peace and abundance to his birthplace, but longed for his brothers; who sacrificed Orhan, Musa, Korkut to cruel epidemics in a war with death, who raised his childhood with the pain of losing a sibling... I am Süleyman. Who sat in class with Rumi teachers at the age of six; who loved mountains, peaks, and stars, who played games with numbers, who entered the enderun of Istanbul when he was ten, who put knowledge on the lectern, who asked questions as he read, who was never convinced by the answers he found, who made the secret obvious, who made jewelry to learn patience, who brought together the light of metal and stone, whose eyes were dazzled by the light he saw, who understood the valuable and the worthless at first sight, who never forgot what he understood... I am Süleyman. The tenth sultan of the Ottoman Empire, who became the crown prince of Manisa Sanjak Bey at the age of sixteen, who is walking today to inherit the honorable legacy left by my father Sultan Selim Khan, and who promised to seek justice... #MagnificentCentury #SultanSüleyman