Episode
Founder: Orhan: Episode 16
Overview
Orhan Bey races to seize key territories while Şahinşah plots to kill Demirhan to protect his secrets. Nilüfer is captured and used as leverage by Asporça, leading to a bloody confrontation that endangers her life and unborn child. As alliances shift and betrayals surface, Alaeddin and Gonca struggle to escape enemy lands, and in Bursa, Yiğit’s jealousy over Fatma and Flavius erupts into violence, leaving him stabbed and threatening to expose their forbidden love.
Details
- Series
- Founder: Orhan
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2026-02-25
Episode context
Episode 16 is Episode 16 in Season 1 of Founder: Orhan. It aired on 2026-02-25.
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Episode 15
Sultan Orhan marches into a decisive battle against Asporça, unaware that Shahinshah’s suspicious disappearance may signal a new betrayal. On the road to Germiyan, Alaeddin and Gonca narrowly survive an ambush while trying to protect their unborn child, and years later their encounter with Mehmet Bey will spark new turmoil. In Bursa, Demirhan reveals Dursun’s true motives, forcing Orhan and Halime into a painful reckoning. Asporça, wounded and vengeful, launches a new plot to capture Nilüfer and corner Orhan, while Flavius—torn between love and loyalty—falls into Orhan’s hands and faces judgment. With enemies closing in on every front, Orhan must confront treachery, war, and impossible choices.
Episode 17
Şahinşah seizes Karacahisar and sparks a frontier revolt, then hunts Orhan and Asporça to a cliff where Orhan chooses a desperate leap over capture. As Şahinşah unleashes a bloody raid on Bursa, the palace descends into chaos and Kasım faces death, while the wounded Flavius clings to life and declares his wish to convert for love of Fatma. With Bursa on the brink and Şahinşah marching toward the throne, Orhan must rise from the abyss before the empire falls into his enemy’s hands.
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Episode 14
Bursa is thrown into turmoil as hidden forces move against Sultan Orhan, while Asporça—angered by political schemes and Orhan’s secret İznik plans—launches open rebellion, ordering Nilüfer Hatun’s abduction and attacking Orhan’s soldiers through Flavius. Nilüfer is shaken by the emperor’s marriage plans, Demirhan allies with Germiyanoğlu Mehmet to weaken Orhan and target Alaeddin, and Dursun’s betrayal leads to his imprisonment and Halime’s desperate attempt to stop his escape. As Şahinşah joins Demirhan and Yiğit confronts his father’s corruption, Orhan prepares to face a tightening web of enemies on all sides.
Episode 18
Flavius dies after a brutal attack, his final embrace of faith shaking the palace and driving a painful wedge between Orhan and Fatma. The Emperor’s command that Asporça marry Orhan ignites jealousy in Nilüfer and threatens to upend fragile alliances. Alaeddin is ambushed on his envoy mission and left near death, pushing Sultan Orhan—already grieving Flavius—to swear vengeance and launch a bold night assault on Karacahisar.
Episode 13
Sultan Orhan’s advance toward the Biga Gorge sparks unrest, pushing Demirhan to pressure Dursun into betraying him to save Temurtaş, while Nilüfer Hatun and Asporça’s clash deepens tribal fractures. As Şahinşah quietly maneuvers for power through Fatma Hatun’s engagement—forcing Flavius into a painful choice—Orhan’s negotiations in Constantinople take a shocking turn when the emperor demands he marry Asporça, whose growing fury now drives her toward thoughts of Orhan’s death.
Episode 19
Orhan and Asporça are trapped by Şahinşah, Demirhan, and later Andronikos, forcing Orhan into desperate, risky moves to save her. Evrenos uncovers his origins while a deadly clash leaves Yiğit near death. Alaeddin’s worsening condition throws Bursa into fear, and Nilüfer is gravely injured during Daphne’s capture. As Asporça faces execution and Orhan walks into another trap, their survival hangs by a thread.
Episode 12
Sultan Orhan’s clash with Temurtaş triggers rebellion, shifting alliances, and rising intrigue, while Asporça’s unexpected turn against him and Nilüfer Hatun’s growing hostility deepen the turmoil. As Orhan rallies his forces after proclaiming his sultanate, he must navigate betrayal and looming conspiracies to secure his rule.
Episode 20
Sultan Orhan strikes Şahinşah’s camp, triggering a vicious counter‑trap from Şahinşah and Demirhan. Yiğit’s quest for vengeance ends in flames, pushing Didar toward a bloody reckoning. Evrenos and Fatma reunite and seek marriage amid palace tension. To secure a powerful alliance, Orhan chooses to marry Asporça, shaking Nilüfer and ushering in a new political era for Bursa.
Episode 11
Orhan Bey’s conquest of Bursa sparks both the birth of a state and fierce opposition, with Karasid leader Demirhan Bey emerging as his most determined rival, refusing to yield the city’s future. As Orhan strengthens his hold on Bursa, a dark alliance of Mabedists, Demirhan, and Temurtaş plots to assassinate Asporça and frame him, risking a new war with Byzantium. Personal tensions rise as Halime and Dursun’s forbidden love edges toward exposure, Fatma reels from Flavius’s true identity and lashes out in heartbreak, and Şahinşah Bey maneuvers against Temurtaş’s schemes. Ultimately, Orhan Bey confronts growing threats by declaring his sultanate, marking a decisive turning point that reshapes the frontier world.
Episode 21
Orhan’s marriage to Asporça ignites palace chaos: Nilüfer challenges her, enemies plot bloodshed, Daphne schemes escape, and Evrenos fights to save Fatma. Amid the turmoil, Nilüfer gives birth with Asporça at her side, shifting their rivalry, while Orhan welcomes a new prince and renews his oath as greater battles gather.
Episode 10
Orhan Bey’s triumph over Hector reshapes the balance of power, even as he returns to camp to face the sorrow of Osman Bey’s decline and renews his vow to conquer Bursa. Asporça’s unexpected choice to stay and her bold offer deepen the political tension, while Flavius’s quest for revenge and his hidden identity push him toward a dangerous reckoning that threatens his bond with Fatma Hatun. As Bursa is finally taken and Osman Bey dies with its soil in his hand, an era ends and Orhan Bey steps into leadership, setting his sights on new conquests along the path to the Red Apple.
Episode 22
Sultan Orhan and Asporça’s political marriage disrupts the palace, pushing Nilüfer into open defiance as jealousy and fear strain her bond with Orhan, while enemies accuse Dursun of treachery and drag him toward an uncertain fate, Yiğit hunts Evrenos and Fatma with burning vengeance, and Orhan’s campaign for Çınarlı leads him, Boran Bey, and Cerkutay Bey straight into a deadly ambush that may demand sacrifice and reshape the empire’s rise.