Payitaht: Abdulhamid

As Sultan Abdülhamid tries to finalise the plans for the Hejaz railway, forces both at home and abroad actively work towards the downfall of the Ottoman Caliphate.

Enemies close in on Abdülhamid and make their move during a parade. The sultan becomes aware that there is a traitor in their midst and makes his own move.

As Mehmet Paşa seeks refuge at the German embassy, Abdülhamid tries his best to bring him to justice. In Vienna, the first unofficial Zionist congress takes place and Theodore Herzl rallies support for his cause.

The enemy strikes in Yildiz Palace and puts everyone on alert. While the crisis is ongoing, Theodore Herzl makes his move too.

As Abdülhamid interrogates the perceived traitor, the youth become restless in the streets of the capital over the shooting of a journalist. Bidar Sultan retakes her place at the head of the harem after ousting Seniha Sultan. Theodore Herzl sets his plan in motion to disrupt the market.

The plan to disrupt the market was thwarted at the last minute as Lady Fatma Pesend makes it safely to the capital. Bidar Sultan reveals Makbule to be still alive and in Palestine a plan to sacrifice Jews for the creation of a state of Israel is put in motion.

The Ottoman Army greeted the Greeks on the battlefield, and the glory of victory enveloped the palace. But Hatice Sultan and Naime Sultan are in concern. Kemalettin Paşa is not among the returning soldiers. Sultan Abdülhamid, the Greek ambassador and a British envoy try to settle the war.

Mahmut Paşa learns of the oil plans and tries to use Sabahattin to become a major player. Naime Sultan prepares her wedding with Kemalettin Paşa but Kemalettin Paşa is not convinced of the marriage. Parvus lays out his plan to erase all Ottoman influence.

Ahsen feels that her presence in the palace might lead to unrest and decides to leave. Firuze hatches a plan to prolong her stay in the palace but Bidar Sultan is starting to get suspicious. Mahmut Paşa tries to reestablish his position.

With Selim Paşa's life more at danger with his new duty, Murat Effendi, with the help of Osman Söğütlü, tries to protect him while tracking down the foreign agents in the capital. With Mehmet Paşa reaching out to his sister, Bidar Sultan is put in an awkward position. Kemalettin Paşa reaches a point of no return...

Gerfand Effendi has made it to the palace, but will his real identity be revealed? In the streets of the capital the people are displeased about their livelihood, but Sultan Abdülhamid hatches a plan to help out his people.

In the capital, the new Ottoman engineers are arriving and with them the plans to exploit the oil fields. However, Sultan Abdülhamid's past comes to haunt him in the form of a new debt... In the palace, Firuze is on the verge of being exposed for her real identity, but she stumbles onto something she wasn't supposed to see...