Anecdotes

The actors who portray Turkish characters learned the kavkaz dance. Cleo Pires was taught the Turkish belly dance.

Rodrigo Lombardi, Flávia Alessandra, Murilo Rosa, Sidney Sampaio, Oscar Magrini and Fernanda Paes Leme spent five days at the Agulhas Negras military academy preparing for their roles.

Deborah Secco and Regiane Alves were considered for roles but eventually dropped out.

Letícia Spiller felt useless in the network and was cast after personally requesting a role to Glória Perez.

Its cast and crew spent 45 days filming the first episodes at Turkey. Cappadocia and Istanbul later had to be reproduced as filming sets at the PROJAC.