Ali Bey's affectionate but aging mother, whose life revolves entirely around her son. Following the death of her husband after 25 years of a good marriage, she has pinned all her hopes on Ali's rise. Throughout the novel, she helplessly struggles to prevent her son's moral and physical decline solely through prayers and good intentions. Her idea—born of traditional wisdom—to 'bring a beautiful concubine into the house to rescue him from a bad woman' backfires horribly due to Ali Bey's state, poisoned by Mehpeyker's intrigues. Her heart is broken by her son drifting into a life of debauchery, abandoning her, and ignoring his filial duties. Consumed by deep sorrow, heart palpitations, and grief, she falls onto her deathbed and dies in utter isolation, having lost her son to darkness that he could not legitimize.
Under the authority of her virtuous husband, she lived the life of a moral and comfortable Istanbul family, albeit without broad worldly knowledge. She is unaware of the power of the evils outside the home.
A noble and respectable Istanbul lady befitting her age. However, sorrows wear her down rapidly, reducing her to a pale, frail body fading away in bed.
Ali Bey
The only son she adored, whose disrespect laid her low in bed.
Dilaşub
Her final consolation, who never left her side and whom she regarded as a daughter-in-law.