I need kösem stans and mahidevran stans to stop with the “Hurrem only had the sultan” “Hurrem made enemies with everyone and didn’t have reliable allies which makes Mahidevran and Kösem smarter” let us use common sense.
Kösem was the most strongest ottoman woman. Had the support of janissaries and the people and was still brutally murdered and in just a span of a day they crowned someone else as regent. And Mahidevran was the most loved in the whole empire. She had everyone by her side and at the end of the day, she ends up in payroll with Hurrem’s son and lost everything.
Hurrem made allies to those who mattered. The Sultan was her greatest ally. The chief enoch of the harem. Rustem Pasha. The ones who mattered were the ones who helped her. Not to mention she herself was smart. Her sons keeping a low profile helped them. Bayzeid was impulsive but there’s a reason why he hated for her death to attack. Hurrem was strategic. That’s what matters.