@moichispa That obelisk is still there, and it has been since the Roman Empire
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: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obelisk_of_Theodosius The Romans were ahead of their time, seeing how the French put an obelisk in Place de la Concorde centuries later
Ibrahim's mansion overlooks the square where the obelisk is, and it's used as the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum today (and it has a cute café in its garden. /instagram blogger mode off/).
Fujobahar will be her new nickname
@strawberryicedtea Hehe, I hope the above info was interesting. My possible topic for a wall of text is kind of explained in the next chapter, so I was saving it for then. But since you asked, here comes -part of it-:
Hurrem saying that she'll be the empress is a very boss-like thing to say. More than it appears to. The Ottoman Empire had no empresses. Even though old Turkic states has something akin to an empress, after converting to Islam, the Turks abandoned the idea of having a female ruler. Even when Ottoman Sultans were marrying to high-ranking ladies of other Turkish states at the earlier stages of the empire, and princesses of other foreign states (they've had many political marriages with Balkanic states and the Byzantines), their wives were never considered as empresses. They were well-respected and such, but were not sovereigns on a diplomatic level.
In an age where the European states all had kings and queens, the status of the sultan's wives were confusing to Europeans. So you can see European sources calling Hürrem "Roxelana, the Empress of the Ottoman Empire", but no one in the Ottoman Empire had such a notion. Hürrem proclaiming that she'll become the empress shows that she is aware of the royal customs in Europe (which is impressive for a slave who's spent her life in the Harem), and she is ambitious enough to go against Turkish traditions to become one herself. She's shaking centuries-old customs there, like wow!
Fast forward to today: Except for the two regent valide sultans, Hürrem is the only Harem lady whose name is remembered as a statesperson.