Upon it's release, the series was pushed into a (Turkey vs Saudi Arabia) regional media war, where it has faced a coordinated media campaign orchestrated by the "pro-Turkish propaganda" Egyptian media, that aimed to discredit the historical facts related to the series, in suggesting a complete opposite version of occurred historical events and facts related to that era, in order to mainly claim that the series was only created to target a very important historical chapter full of "justness and fairness" during the Ottoman Empire's reign in the region, therefore in claiming, the series has a political agenda that serves to manipulate the public opinion in Egypt and the middle east that keeps witnessing a constant political tensions caused by the coalitions feud between both of Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates against both of Turkey and Qatar.