His son founded the Ottoman empire: Who is Ertuğrul Gazi?
There has been a storm of Turkish series in the world in recent years. One of those series is Diriliş Ertuğrul. So who is Ertuğrul, whose story is told in this series?
The Diriliş Ertuğrul series first started broadcasting in 2014. After continuing its broadcasting life for approximately 5 years, it made the final in 2019. However, the series is also shown outside of Turkey.
Diriliş Ertuğrul, a drama, and history series, also managed to break rating records. The author of the series is Mehmet Bozdağ. Famous faces in Turkey played the leading role in the TV series Diriliş Ertuğrul. All episodes of the Diriliş Ertuğrul series have now been published on the Netflix platform. This series has also won multiple awards. It has been published in 28 different countries, especially in Turkey. Metin Günay is the director of the Diriliş Ertuğrul series. Each episode of the series is limited to 120 minutes.
Who is Ertugrul Gazi?
Ertugrul Gazi was born in 1188. His father is Gündüzalp and his mother is Hayme Hatun. He had 3 siblings named Sungur Tekin, Gündoğdu, and Dündar. Ertuğrul Gazi, a member of the Kayı clan of the Bozok branch of the Oghuzes, is the father of Osman Bey, the founder of the Ottoman State.
In the 9th century, the ancestors of Ertuğrul Gazi settled in the Horosan region via Bukhara and Samarkand after the Mongol invasion. In the second half of the 11th century, together with the Seljuks, they reached Eastern Anatolia through Azerbaijan to Ahlat, which is located west of Lake Van. Then they migrated to Anatolia from here.
Ertuğrul Gazi and his brothers came into conflict over the death of their father. Ertuğrul Gazi, who took his mother Hayma Ana and his younger brother Dündar Bey with him, migrated to Sürmeliçukur region with his tribe of 444 tents. Then he came to Ankara and settled in Karacadağ. His brothers Sungur Tekin and Gündoğdu returned to their old homeland, Horasan.
In the war between the Seljuks and the Khwarazmshahs in Yassı Çimen, located between Erzurum and Sivas, the Kayılar under the administration of Ertuğrul Gazi took place on the side of the Seljuks and ensured the defeat of the Khorezmshahs.
The Seljuk Sultan Alaaddin Keykubad I rewarded the Kayıs under the rule of Ertuğrul Gazi for their services in this war and gave Karacadağ to the west of Ankara as winter quarters and summer pastures.
When Ertuğrul Gazi settled in Karacadağ, he fought against the Byzantines in the region between Ankara and Eskişehir. He raided İnegöl and Yenişehir. Ertuğrul Gazi was in Seljuk's service as the commander of the vanguard forces in this raid. The Byzantine army was heavily defeated in the Armenian derbend. After this victory, the Sultan rewarded Ertuğrul Gazi and gave Eskişehir (Sultanönü) and its surroundings as a living.
Later, Karacahisar and Söğüt were conquered. Seljuk Sultan Alaaddin Keykubad I gave Domaniç, Söğüt and its surroundings to Ertuğrul Gazi as a homeland. Ertuğrul Gazi, who spent the summer in the Domaniç highlands and the winter in Söğüt, protected the north-western border of the Seljuk State in the best way and ensured security. Ertuğrul Gazi received the title of "Gazi" because of his victories against the Byzantine monarchs.
At a time when the Seljuk State was under the rule of the Mongols, while the Turkish Principalities in Anatolia were leaving the Seljuks, Ertuğrul Gazi showed loyalty and continued his activities as a marginal lord of the Seljuks. As a result of this loyalty of Ertuğrul Gazi, he caused the veterans, dervishes, scholars, and Turkmen from other regions to gather under his banner.
Ertuğrul Gazi followed a peace-centered, cautious and cautious policy due to the low population of his tribe. He got along well with the Turkmen principalities and Byzantine tekfurs around him and kept his tribe and subjects under his rule in peace.
Ertuğrul Gazi left his son Osman Bey with a small principality, experienced commanders, a good reputation, and a ground suitable for conquest.
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Ertuğrul Gazi married Halime Hatun. He had three sons, Gazi Sarı-Batı Savcı Bey (death: 1288), Gündüz Alp (death: 1306), and Osman Bey (1258-1326).
Ertuğrul Gazi died in Söğüt in 1281. Every year, Ertuğrul Gazi commemoration ceremonies are held in Sögüt district. After his death, his son Osman Gazi became the head of the principality and laid the foundations of a world state that would survive for 6 centuries.
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