XIX vek. Turetckii sultan naslazhdaetsia zhizniu v obiatiiakh strastnykh nalozhnitc, ne podozrevaia, chto za ego spinoi idet borba za vlast mezhdu islamskimi sheikhami i valide. Prekrasnaia Retciia po vole sudby stanovitsia igrushkoi v rukakh silnykh mira sego. Ee vozliublennyi, krasivyi i smelyi Sadi, obeshchal Retcii vechnuiu liubov. No na puti k schastiu ikh zhdut predatelstva, opasnye tainy, izmeny i neozhidannye vstrechi. Sadi stanovitsia favoritom kovarnoi plemiannitcy sultana, kotoraia gotova na vse, chtoby zavoevat serdtce iunoshi i pogubit Retciiu. Zhestokaia zakulisnaia borba, khitroumnye garemnye intrigi, porochnye strasti, plamennaia liubov...