As the glittering facade of Istanbul’s high society cracks under the weight of inherited fortunes and ruthless ambition, Netflix’s Old Money returns for a second season that plunges deeper into the venomous heart of the Bulut family. Premiering amid a storm of anticipation on December 1, 2025, the Turkish drama—starring Engin Akyürek as the cunning Osman Bulut and Aslı Enver as the resilient Nihal Baydemir—escalates the clash between old-world legacy and nouveau riche hunger. What began as a tense romance laced with business intrigue in Season 1 has evolved into a labyrinth of suffocating scandals and dark political machinations, where love is the deadliest weapon.
Season 1 left viewers breathless: Nihal, the last heiress of the crumbling Baydemir shipbuilding dynasty, returned from France to salvage her family’s seaside mansion from crippling debts owed to the Buluts. Tasked with building a lavish yacht for the trade empire, she crossed paths with Osman, whose smoldering attraction masked a predatory drive to claim her ancestral home. Their forbidden romance ignited amid boardroom battles and whispered alliances, culminating in Nihal’s heartbreaking departure from Istanbul—abandoning her legacy and Osman in a bid for freedom. Yet, as Osman clutched the mansion keys like a hollow trophy, loose threads dangled: unresolved family tensions, Berna and Arda’s fractured love, and Mahir’s simmering emotional turmoil.
Season 2 ignites these embers into a inferno. The Bulut matriarch, Songül (Dolunay Soysert), tightens her iron grip on the family trade conglomerate, now entangled in shadowy political deals that blur the lines between commerce and corruption. Whispers of election tampering and backroom bribes surface as the Buluts eye expansion into Turkey’s volatile energy sector, drawing in high-stakes rivals from old-money circles. Osman, ever the strategist, navigates this minefield with calculated charm, but his siblings fracture under the pressure: Eldest brother Mahir grapples with a breakdown that exposes buried traumas from their rags-to-riches ascent, while youngest Arda’s impulsive affair with CFO Berna spirals into a scandal threatening to topple the empire.
Enter Nihal’s explosive return. No longer the wide-eyed ingénue, she’s sharper, battle-hardened by exile, and unwittingly pulled back into the fray when her father’s old allies resurface with dirt on the Buluts’ yacht contract—proof of sabotage that could unravel their entire operation. But the real gut-punch lies in her rekindled bond with Osman. Their love, once a spark of rebellion, now teeters on exploitation. If Nihal isn’t fully awake to the games—her trust eroded by isolation and doubt—Osman could wield it like a scalpel, luring her into alliances that drag her enemies straight to ruin. Picture clandestine meetings on moonlit Bosphorus yachts, where pillow talk turns to plots: Does Osman whisper sweet nothings to mask a scheme that pits Nihal against her own kin? Or will her growing suspicions ignite a counterstrike, exposing the Buluts’ dirtiest secrets?
The season’s scandals are unrelenting—adulterous liaisons that shatter boardrooms, forged documents fueling a family coup, and a whistleblower’s murder that reeks of cover-up. Political darkness looms large: The Buluts’ ties to Istanbul’s underbelly hint at broader conspiracies, from rigged tenders to influence peddling in Ankara. Creators Uluç Bayraktar and Meriç Acemi amplify the opulence with sweeping drone shots of gilded mansions and gritty underbelly dives, underscoring how wealth corrupts absolutely.
Critics hail it as a Turkish Succession with heart, blending pulse-pounding twists and raw emotional depth. As Nihal confronts the abyss—”Love was my blindfold; now I see the knives,” she laments in a pivotal monologue—the question hangs: Can she outmaneuver the monsters she’s drawn to? Or will the Buluts’ web ensnare her forever? With global viewership spiking 40% from Season 1’s finale, Old Money Season 2 isn’t just drama—it’s a mirror to our own gilded cages. Stream it now, but beware: In this world, every fortune hides a grave.
