Gülfem Hatun ( ota, کلفام خاتون, "''rose mouth''" was a

lady-in-waiting A lady-in-waiting or court lady is a female personal assistant at a court, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking noblewoman. Historically, in Europe, a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman but of lower rank than the woman to whom sh ...

Suleiman the Magnificent Suleiman I ( ota, سليمان اول, Süleyman-ı Evvel; tr, I. Süleyman; 6 November 14946 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the West and Suleiman the Lawgiver ( ota, قانونى سلطان سليمان, Ḳ� ...

(reign 1520–1566).

Life

Throughout

's reign (reign 1520–1566), she enjoyed a considerable status within the imperial harem. She received 150 aspers a day, but historians are divided on what her role was: according to some, she was a high-ranking lady in the administration of the harem, according to others she was one of the consort of Süleyman and mother of Şehzade Murad (and/or Raziye Sultan), and who, after death of her son, she became a lady-in-waiting and hostess of the harem by virtue of her qualities and closeness to the sultan, instead of being exiled to the province as tradition. In September 1542, she commissioned a soup kitchen in Üsküdar. In March 1543 she established the financial ground work to built a "timber frame mosque" now known as the "Gülfem Hatun Mosque", located near the soup kitchen. According to a local tradition, the mosque was intended for the use of women and opened to men only in recent times. A school is also present near the mosque. She died in 1561–62, and was buried in her own mosque.

In popular culture

*In the 2003

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TV miniseries, ''Hürrem Sultan'', Gülfem Hatun was played by Turkish actress

Yasemin Kozanoğlu Yasemin Kozanoğlu (born 7 July 1978) is a Turkish actress and model Biography Yasemin Kozanoğlu was born to businessman Ahmet Kozanoğlu and socialite Ahu Tuğbay.Muhteşem Yüzyıl ''Muhteşem Yüzyıl'' (, ) is a Turkish historical fiction television series. Written by Meral Okay and Yılmaz Şahin, it is based on the life of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, the longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and his ...

'', Gülfem was portrayed by Turkish actress Selen Özturk.

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