Kuruluş: Osman season 2

The second season of the Turkish TV series Kuruluş: Osman, created by Mehmet Bozdağ, premiered on 7 October 2020 and concluded on 23 June 2021.

Plot
Aya Nikola is sent by the Byzantine Emperor, Andronikos II to become the new Tekfur of İnegöl followed by Ertuğrul's return in the tribe. Meanwhile, Yavlak Arslan, the new Uç Bey, seeks to create his own state and sees Osman as an obstacle, later on they unite against the new threat created by the new Ilkhan of the Ilkhanate, who allies with Nikola against the Turks of Anatolia. Bala also faces the arrival of Targun, Nikola's spy who allies with Osman to save her father, İnal Bey. Along with these problems, Osman is elected as the new Bey after his father's death, whilst he decides to marry a second wife according to his father's will. After Targun's death, Osman meets Malhun Hatun and initiates a major battle with the Byzantines, historically known as the Battle of Mount Armenia, as well as trying to find the traitor in the Kayı, as his jealous uncle Dündar helps the Byzantines stir traps for him. Dündar is eventually executed by Osman for his betrayal. Following the arrival of Ömer Bey, father of Malhun Hatun, Geyhatu sends Kara Şaman Togay, son of Baycu Noyan, to eliminate both Osman's Kayı and Ömer's Bayındır, but after a series of conflicts between the two tribes, Togay fails and is killed by Osman. Nikola is later defeated by Osman, with the support of Seljuk Sultan Mesud II, though he survives. Osman later marries Malhun Hatun, who eventually gives birth to Osman's first son Orhan, whilst his first wife Bala Hatun becomes pregnant.

Production
The season was written and produced by Mehmet Bozdağ and directed by Metin Günay. It was filmed in a plateau set in Riva, Beykoz.

Castings
Mehmet Bozdağ has said there will be a surprise about the character of Ertuğrul Gazi in Kuruluş: Osman while Engin Altan Düzyatan, who plays Ertuğrul in Diriliş: Ertuğrul ghazi, has also said that he may give a surprise in the series but "no clear decision can be made". Ertuğrul was at first thought to appear in season 1, then when he didn't appear, he was still thought to be played by Engin Altan but appear in season 2. Some other rumours indicated that Ediz Hun will play his role. The character's appearance was confirmed at this point. Then when the first trailer was released, it was confirmed that Tamer Yiğit would be playing the role of Ertuğrul.

Before the release of season 2, Özge Yağız and Yağmur Öztürk were believed to play the role of Malhun Hatun, one of the historical wives of Osman Gazi, due to the fact that they both shared videos of them taking fencing lessons. This thought was dropped after Özge Yağız took part in the TV series Sol Yanım and Yağmur Öztürk took part in the TV series Acemi Anneler. Yağmur Öztürk was still, however, rumoured to play the role at some point. The 43rd episode trailer then revealed that Funda Güray was likely to play this role, however, it turned out that she would play the role of "Aksu Hatun". It was later confirmed that Yıldız Çağrı Atiksoy would be playing the role.

Music
The theme music is by Zeynep Alasya. Alpay Göktekin, who composed the theme music for the previous season, died on 5 May 2020, so therefore, could only compose the music for season one of the series.

Reception
Mehmet Bozdağ claims that the show has also been a great success in Albania, he said that the show is the "most watched TV show" in the country. In Albania, the show is called "Osmani". Pakistani media also commented on the season's success, Bol headlined their article as 'First Episode Breaks All Records'.

In 2020, Pakistan's Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry, met Burak Özçivit when he visited the Kuruluş: Osman set with his family. It is unknown when he met the Turkish actor but it's likely that it was after Osman became the Kayı Bey due to Burak's outfit. The set was also visited by Pakistani actor Imran Abbas the following year. The conversation between Bamsı Bey and Cerkutay revolving around Prophet Muhammad in the 42nd episode of the series was also the centre of the conversation on social media at the time, it was declared "heart-touching" by fans.

Main characters

 * Burak Özçivit as Osman Bey
 * Yıldız Çağrı Atiksoy as Malhun Hatun
 * Özge Törer as Bala Hatun
 * Yiğit Uçan as Boran Alp
 * Burak Çelik as Göktug Alp
 * Ragıp Savaş as Dündar Bey
 * Erkan Avcı as Aya Nikola
 * Kanbolat Görkem Arslan as Savcı Bey

Supporting characters

 * Tamer Yiğit as Ertuğrul Bey
 * Didem Balçın as Selcan Hatun
 * Mert Turak as Petrus
 * Seray Kaya as Lena Hatun
 * Yağızkan Dikmen as Bayhoca
 * Seçkin Özdemir as Komutan Flatyos
 * Nurettin Sönmez as Bamsı Beyrek
 * Celal Al as Abdurrahman Gazi
 * Umut Karadağ as Yavlak Arslan
 * Emre Basalak as Gündüz Bey
 * Çağrı Şensoy as Cerkutay
 * Seda Yıldız as Şeyh Edebali
 * Buse Arslan as Aygül Hatun
 * Yeşim Ceren Bozoğlu as Hazal Hatun
 * Zeynep Tuğçe Bayat as Targun Hatun
 * Emel Dede as Gonca Hatun
 * Maruf Otajonov as Geyhatu
 * Şahin Ergüney as Ömer/Umur Bey
 * Teoman Kumbaracıbaşı as Kara Şaman Togay
 * Şevket Süha Tezel as Epharistos Kalanoz

Minor characters

 * Tolga Akkaya as Dumrul Alp
 * Ömer Ağan as Saltuk Alp
 * Emin Gürsoy as Kumral Abdal
 * Ahmet Yenilmez as Demirci Davud
 * Açelya Özcan as Ayşe Hatun
 * Bahtiyar Engin as David (disguised as İdris Bey)
 * Zabit Samedov as Gence Bey
 * Cüneyt Arkın as the head of the White-Bearded Men
 * Oğuz Kara as Ahmet Alp
 * Ayşen Gürler as Helen
 * Atilla Güzel as Ayaz Alp
 * Tekin Temel as Simon (disguised as Melik)
 * Fatih Ayhan as Baysungur Alp
 * Çağlar Yalçınkaya as Sartaç Alp
 * Ahmet Kılıç as Zülfikar Derviş
 * Sezanur Sözer as Eftalya
 * Kahraman Sivri as Arito Üsta
 * Abidin Yerebakan as Akça Derviş
 * Ahmet Kaynak as Bahadır Bey
 * Gözel Rovshanova as Alaca Hatun
 * Hazal Benli as Zoya Hatun
 * Emre Koc as Komutan Camuha

Guest characters

 * Ümit Belen as Andronikos II Palaiologos
 * Murat Ercanlı as İnal Bey
 * Hasan Üner as Tekfur Aris
 * Uğur Biçer as Komutan Böke
 * Funda Güray as Aksu Hatun
 * Ekrem İspir as Möngke Han
 * Gökmen Bayraktar as Kuzgun Bey
 * Alper Düzen as Hasan Bey (appears in episode 41 as tribe Bey)
 * Atilla Emirhan Kirik as Ali Bey (son of Hasan Bey)
 * Hâzım Körmükçü as Tekfur Alexis
 * Kartal Balaban as Komutan Alexander

Future
Season 3 released on 7 October. Filming is occurring in Riva, Beykoz.