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03/08/2022

Halime Sultan, Wife of Ertugrul Gazi and Mother of Osman Gazi

The daughter of Prince Numan, who lived a nomadic life, persecuted by the Sultan of the Seljuk State, was captured together with her father and brother by the Templars, and were freed by the young Ertuğrul, thus the first meeting between the couple whose fruit would be Osman, the creator of the Ottoman State.

She was born in 1205, had only one brother, known in history as Yigit Alp, became the wife of Ertugrul Gazi, and in 1249 their first son, Sari Batu Savji Bey, was born, after him as the fruit of the marriage between Ertugrul and Halime was born Gunduz, the exact year of his birth is not known, and in 1258, the founder of the Ottoman State, Osman, was born.

Halime Sultan died in Sogut, when Osman was 24 years old in 1282, 17 years before the foundation of the Ottoman State. She was buried in Sogut, today her grave is near the grave of Ertuğrul Gazi.

30/07/2022

The Dream for Big Empire Starts!

When Genghis Khan's hordes appeared in Europe, only to vanish again, and after their survivors, the Turkish Mamelukes, had settled in Egypt, newcomers, also from the high plateaus of Central Asia, appeared on the borders of the Empire of Rum. Unlike their predecessors, they were neither distinguished nor numerous so that there arrival went almost unnoticed.

At their head was valiant warrior called Ertughrul. His armies were only a tiny twig from the giant tree of the Turkish people. There were hardly more than two thousand of them living in four hundred tents. But these two thousand men were possessed of such drive that in a few generations they were to found one of the world's greatest empires.

22/02/2022

The Kaya tribe finally in Anatolia

After a 60-year journey of 7,000 kilometers, the Kaya tribe settles near the border between the Seljuk state and Byzantium, near the present-day Turkish city of Sogut.
The Sultan of the Seljuk state, Alladdin Kekubat, as a reward for theirs contribution to the battle of Yasi-Chimen, allowed the tribe to settle in this border area, intending to use the brave tribal warriors in the defense of the Byzantines.
The tribe spent the summer months of the year in the mountains near the present-day town of Bilecik, and in the winter months descended into the valleys near the present-day town of Sogut, earning their livelihood through livestock and trade, mostly in rugs and other goods at the markets. through Byzantine fortresses and cities.

07/09/2021

Golgotha of the Kaya tribe to Sogut: 7000 km and 60 years

Around 1200, the Kaya tribe from place named as Mahan in Turkmenistan embarked on their long journey to Anatolia. In 1220, the tribe arrived in Ahlat, and in 1230 reached Erzincan. from here the tribe forced by the pressures and attacks of the Mongols moved around the territories between Erzincan and Halep. Suleiman Shah, the leader of the tribe, died near Halep, after which most of the tribe returned to Turkmenistan, and a small part of the tribe headed for Erzurum, then reached the Karacadaga district near Ankara via Kayseri.
From here the Tribe took part in the attacks of the Seljuk state on the Byzantines and the Mongols, and after the liberation of Sogut, the Seljuk Sultan, at the request of Ertugrul Bay, allowed them to settle in Sogut and Domanic, ending the Golgotha of the tribe.

According to historical records, the tribe arrived in Sogut in 1260 and left their homeland in 1200. This shows that the Golgotha of the tribe lasted for 60 years, the air distance between Mahan and Sogut is 3500 km, while walking the tribe pasted a distance of 7000 km. When they arrived in Sogut, the Ertugrul Gazi tribe numbered 400 houses. According to historians, the tribe numbered about 4,500 people full of ambition and desire for a new beginning and development.

04/06/2021

Yassi Chimen War - The first Ertugrul's Glory !

Moving west, the Kaya tribe temporarily stopped near Sivas, where Ertugrul encountered a battle between the Seljuk state led by Sultan Alaeddin Kaykubat and the Mongol state of Haresmshah.

The Mongols advanced in the war and the Seljuk army was on the verge of defeat, then Ertugrul and his warriors joined the war on the side of the Seljuk army, which changed the situation and the Seljuk army repulsed the Mongol attacks and won the battle.

It was the Yassi Chimen War, in which the Seljuk state allied with the Ayyubid State fought the Mongols in 1230.

In gratitude for taking part in this battle, Sultan Alaeddin Kaykubat gave permission to the Kaya tribe to settle in the territories around Sogut and Domanich, on the borders with the Byzantine Kingdom, and from there to take part in the battles of the Seljuk army.

Ertugrul Gazi became a well-known and respected figure, both in the Seljuk State and among the Turkmen tribes, as well as throughout the Islamic world.

02/06/2021

Ertugrul Gazi

The exact year of his birth is not known, but it is known that he was born in the period from 1191 to 1198 in Ahlat, as the third son of Suleiman Shah and Haime Hatun, after the older brothers Sungurtekin and Gundogdu and before his younger brother Dundar.

From a young age he stood out with his skills before the others, so at a young age he got the role of commander of the army of the Kaya tribe, when with 400 horsemen he participated in the army of the Seljuk state in the battles with the Mongols and Byzantines.

The Seljuk Sultan Alaaddin Kaykubat I. give them control of the town of Sogut and Domanich, where they settled. That is why he gets the title GAZI, which means a fighter in the way of Allah.
Following the settlement of the Kaya tribe in Sogut and Domanic, Ertugrul was elected the head of Kaya tribe, a few years after the death of his father.

He married the Seljuk princess Halime Sultan, with whom he had three children, Savji, Gunduz and Osman.

Ertugrul Gazi died in 1280, and like a head of Kaya tribe he was succeeded by his youngest son Osman, who would establish the great Ottoman State!

29/05/2021

On the 26th of Rabi-ul-Evvel 857 or 29 May 1453, Sultan Fatih Mehmed II, with his army, after a month-long war, triumphantly entered Constantinople and turned it into Istanbul. Today we celebrate 568 years of rule over the eternal city on the Bosphorus, we will keep it until the last drop of blood and it will remain ours until the end of the world!

For many years! Congratulations!

28/05/2021

Hayme Hatun

In some legends she is called Hayme Hatun, in some Hayme Ana (Mother), and it is generally accepted that she is the Mother of the Ottomans. She was the wife of Suleiman Shah, the mother of Erturul Gazi and the grandmother of Osman Gazi, the founder of the Ottoman State.

She is an important figure in the path of the Kaya tribe to the founding of the Ottoman State. After the sudden death of Suleiman Shah, Haima Ana became the leader of the tribe, after which she received the title "Devlet Ana" (State Mother).

Based on a previous consultation with the sultan of the Seljuk state, Aleaddin Kejkubat, he led the tribe first to Karadzadaga, near Ankara, and from there to Domanic and Sogut, Where the tribe chooses its new bey, the son of Suleyman Shah and Hayme Hatun Ertugrul.

She died in Sogut, where she was buried, in 1892 Sultan Abdulhamid II. built a mausoleum in the village of Charshamba on the grave of his great-grandmother, Hayme Hatun, which still exists today.

27/05/2021

SULEYMAN SHAH

He is the only son of Kaya Alp, the leader of the Kaya Tribe, He was born in 1165 in Khorasan, and at the age of 50, he succeeded his father as Beg of the Kaya tribe in 1215.

The tribe then had a population of 50,000 and was one of the leading tribes in the Oguz tribe federation. Due to the Mongol invasions of Turkestan, Suleiman Shah decided to move west, then across the North Caucasus to the present-day region of Eastern Anatolia, near the cities of Erzincan and Ahlat. Here he conquered the crusading fortress and thus gained a great reputation among all the Turkmen tribes.

His wife was Haime Hatun, with whom he had 4 sons: Sungur-Tekin, Gundogdu, Ertugrul and Dundar.

In 1235, at the age of 70, on his way to the city of Jaber, he died drowning in the Euphrates River. He is buried near the city of Halep, where his Mausoleum is located, which remained in the territories of Syria after the Second World War, but according to the agreements of Ankara and Lausanne, the land on which the mausoleum is located and the mausoleum itself are Turkish territory.

After his death, his son Ertugrul Gazi became the head of the tribe.

26/05/2021

KAYA ALP

Kaya Alp is the founder of the Kaya tribe, who was the son of Kizil Boga and the grandson of Gok Alp, who is later a descendant of Gun Han, the son of Oguz Khan, which shows the connection of the Kaya tribe with the Oguz Turks.
He lived between the 12th and 13th centuries as the leader of the Kaya tribe in the territories of Turkestan, present-day Caucasus and Mongolia.
History has it that he had only one son, and that was his successor, Suleiman Alp, later known as Suleiman Shah.

26/05/2021

OGHUZ KHAN

The father of Oghuz Turks, was son of Kara Han and Ay Khagan and had six sons from two wives, Yer-Su and Gok-Kal.

With Yer-Su he had three sons: Gun Khan (Day), Ay Khan (Moon) and Yildiz Khan (Star).
With Gok-Kal he has three sons: Gok Khan (Sky), Daga Khan (Mountain) and Deniz Khan (Sea).

He dreamed in a dream a silver arrow, he started searching for it, when he found it, he divided it into three parts, and divided the parts into the three sons of the first wife, then he dreamed a gold bow, he found it too and gave it to the other three sons of the second wife, so the first three sons formed a tribes group of Gray Arrows (BOZOKLAR) and the other three sons formed the tribes group of Three Arrows (UCOKLAR) who are the groups of the OGUZ Turks.

Oghuz Khan is known like a Khan with а crown with two horns, who fought against a strange unicorn creature and stands out victorious, which equates him with Zulkarnain, the Qur'anic prophet who ruled the world, and is a descendant of Yusuf, the son of the Prophet Noah.

The founder of the ottoman state, Osman was leader of the Kaya tribe, which was part of the Bozok (Gray Arrows) tribes group which has roots from Gun Khan (Day Khan), the firs son of Oghuz Khan.

25/05/2021

THE OGHUZ TRIBES

The Oghus were a western Turkic people that spoke the Oghuz branch of the Turkic language family. In the 8th century, they formed a tribal confederation conventionally named the Oghuz Yabgu State in central Asia. The name Oghuz is a Common Turkic word for "tribe". By the 10th century, Islamic sources were calling them Muslim Turkmens, as opposed to shamanist or Buddhist.

On the picture you can see the structure of the tribes that are creating the Oghuz confederation, where you can see the KAYA tribe, which leaded the confederation to founding of the Ottoman Empire:

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