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Matrakçı Nasuh Efendi
Matrakçı Nasuh Efendi
(Played by Fatih Al)- The Alcoholic: Though he gets better.
- Cartwright Curse: Neither of his two love interests worked out. Sadika intended to kill the head of state of his country, while Nigar was Ibrahim's lover.
- The Confidant: He is a close friend to Ibrahim and to Malcokoglu, so both discuss their problems with him.
- Feeling Their Age: When doing a Matrak sparring with adult Sehzade Bayezid, he gets tired quickly due to becoming older.
- Loving a Shadow: He idealized a lot his love for Sadika/Victoria and made her to be an angel, which was delusional even if she weren't a traitor.
- Secret-Keeper: He is aware of Ibrahim's affair with Nigar.
- Unwitting Pawn: After Sadika's accomplice is executed for raping her, Sadika exploits Nasuh's crush on her to make him the messenger of the treacherous plots. When she was revealed as a traitor, Ibrahim forces him to kill her as a punishment.
Mehmet Celebi
The son of Piri Pasha and Sehzade Mustafa's teacher in his childhood. Before Ibrahim and Hatice marry, he was Hatice's fiancé.
Iskender Celebi
- Arch-Enemy: He is Ibrahim Pasha's enemy.
Yehya Efendi
Afife's son and Suleyman's brother-like friend.
- The Confidant: Suleyman has discussed his troubles with him.
- The Medic: He is a respected physician. He could heal Suleyman from a severe poisoning.
Ebussuud Efendi
Ebussuud Efendi
(Played by Tuncel Kurtiz)- Bothering by the Book: He is very strict when enforcing the law. He will punish vendors that break the rules and will deny requests from plaintiffs that cannot be admitted by the law.
- The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes: He can bring justice to everyone except his own son.
- The Confidant: Süleyman has sometimes asked for his guidance when taking decisions.
- Gentleman and a Scholar: If you are not a lawbreaker or his son, he is a polite man. He is also a knowledgeable Islamic scholar and jurist.
- I Have No Son!: He rejects his son when he is revealed to be an alcoholic that goes to the taverns. It goes to a point in which Ibrahim Pasha tries to intercede for him to no avail.
- Intergenerational Friendship: After knowing him, he gets along very well with Sultan Suleyman.
- The Philosopher: He does analysis of things by comparing him to the care of his garden.
- Rank Up: Surprised by his competence, Suleyman fires him from judge of Istanbul to make him a military judge and reform the law alongside him.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: While very harsh when enforcing the law, he will not let plaintiffs exceed the law in their lawsuits and seeks to be a fair judge.
Achmed Efendi
Ebussuud Efendi's estranged son.
- The Alcoholic: One of the reasons his father detests him is his tendency to become drunk.
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: He is trying to find love from his father, but he will have none of it.
Sirin Hatun
A fabrics seller that comes to the palace. She wants to meet Hürrem for a very specific reason.
- One-Shot Character: Despite apparently coming to the palace regularly, she only appears once.
- Small Role, Big Impact: She does not return to the series, but it is her meeting with Hürrem what allows her to expose Ibrahim's affair and cause all the aftermath.
Shaykh Ishmael Masuki
- The Exile: Out of mercy to his father, Suleyman banishes him from Istanbul. It doesn't work, so he has to be executed.
- The Heretic: He states that the prohibitions of Islam are illogical and that men have a part of God and a part of the Devil. Faithful Muslims do not take this well, so he is convicted of atheism (as in being an infidel, not as in denying God's existence) and beheaded.
- Public Execution: He alongside the adherents of his sect are all beheaded publicly.
