Episode
Founder: Orhan: Episode 18
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Founder: Orhan
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 2026-03-18
Episode context
Episode 18 is Episode 18 in Season 1 of Founder: Orhan. It aired on 2026-03-18.
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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.
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.
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Episode 16
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.
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 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 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 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 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.
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 23
Sultan Orhan charges into vengeance and chaos as he hunts Asporça through a deadly monastery, while palace tensions, Yiğit’s brutal trap, and Gonca’s life‑or‑death childbirth push everyone to the brink; in the midst of it all, Orhan and Asporça’s fiery clash hints that their dangerous escape may forge an unexpected new bond.
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 24
Asporça’s return ignites a fierce clash with Nilüfer, strains her bond with Orhan, and unfolds alongside rising political threats, a wedding scandal that shakes the palace, a deadly trap set for Orhan, and Dursun’s life hanging by a thread - a storm tightening around everyone.