Turhan Sultan

Turhan Sultan
Nâib-i-Saltanat
Engraving (c. 1640–1660)
Valide sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Tenure	8 August 1648 – 4 August 1683
Predecessor	Kösem Sultan
Successor	Saliha Dilaşub Sultan
Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Imperial Consort)
Tenure	2 January 1642 – 8 August 1648
Predecessor	Ayşe Sultan
Successor	Emetullah Rabia Gülnuş Sultan
Nâib-i-Saltanat of the Ottoman Empire
Reign	2 September 1651 – 2 June 1656
Monarch	Mehmed IV
Born	c. 1627 Rus'
Died	4 August 1683(1683-08-04) (aged 55–56) Edirne, Ottoman Empire (now Edirne, Turkey)
Burial	Tomb of Turhan Sultan, New Mosque, Istanbul
Consort	Ibrahim
Issue	Mehmed IV Atike Sultan (?) Beyhan Sultan (?) Gevherhan Sultan (?)
Names Turkish: Hatice Turhan Sultan Ottoman Turkish: تورخان سلطان
Religion	Sunni Islam, previously Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Hatice Turhan Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: تورخان سلطان, "merciful" or "noble"; c. 1627 – 4 August 1683) was the first Haseki sultan of the Ottoman sultan Ibrahim (r. 1640–1648) and Valide sultan as the mother of Mehmed IV (r. 1648–1687 aswell as the Official Regent of the Ottoman Empire, reigning from 1651 to 1656. Turhan was prominent for the regency of her young son and her building patronage. She and Kösem Sultan are the only two women in Ottoman history to be regarded as official regents and had supreme control over the Ottoman Empire. As a result, Turhan became one of the prominent figures during the era known as Sultanate of Women.