Kalbimin Sultani (Season 1)

Kalbimin Sultanı — Sultan of My Heart (2018) — is a Turkish historical series you can watch online on iFILM. Istanbul, early nineteenth century: Anna (Alexandra Nikiforova), the educated daughter of a Russian embassy official, is dispatched to the Ottoman palace to teach Sultan Mahmud II's children French.

The Russian ambassador is counting on her to send back intelligence from inside the court. Anna agrees, expecting a professional arrangement. What she doesn't expect is Mahmud (Ali Ersan Duru): a ruler who is also unexpectedly sharp, dry-humoured, and clearly looking at his new teacher as something more than a foreign tutor. The series blends harem politics, Ottoman-Russian diplomatic rivalry, and a slow-burn romance between two people whose governments have set them up as instruments. Stream Sultan of My Heart (2018) online on iFILM.