In 2016, in his speech at the opening ceremony of a new state television channel in English, TRT World, President Erdogan of Turkey said: “Until the lion tells his side of the story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter” to encourage producers promoting the “true” Ottoman legacy to younger generations. Now, TRT (Turkish state broadcaster) became the hub of television dramas about the Ottoman history such as Once Upon a Time in The Ottoman Empire: Rebellion (2012), Resurrection: Ertugrul (2014-2019), Ciragan Incident (2014), Filinta (2014-2016) and Payitaht: Abdulhamid (2017-). TRT-sponsored TV series apparently serve not only to support the neo-Ottomanist propaganda but also to pave a path to present a new cultural hegemonic ambition called as “New Turkey” by reconstructing the Ottoman past for the Turkish public.   This research will identify the social network and cultural production process of Turkish state-sponsored historical fictions while scholarly literature generally stresses on the content and impact of the series. My proposed research specifically focuses on the case of “Payitaht: Abdulhamid” which depicts the last decade of Sultan Abdulhamid II’s reign (r.1876-1909). In this TV drama, Abdulhamid II is depicted as an ideal ruler who is making an enormous effort to protect the Ottoman Empire against both internal and external threats. He was also known as a highly authoritarian reformer that pursued reform policy not only to modernize his empire but also consolidating his power for his one-man regime. Many believe that producers of the Payitaht attempt to represent Abdulhamid II as a ruler, who had very similar challenges that Erdogan allegedly faced by constructing parallelism on topics of this drama to the contemporary issues in Turkey. This study will explore social connections such as family ties, financial relations, and interest group between the production team and political authorities by mapping these interconnections to understand better how and through what mechanisms they attempt to shape the very narrative of 'New Turkey's history with television series.