Turgut Bey () was one of the warriors and Bey's who fought for

Ertuğrul Ertuğrul or Ertuğrul Ghazi (; died ) was a 13th-century uch bey (marcher-lord), who was the father of Osman I. Little is known about Ertuğrul's life. According to Ottoman Empire, Ottoman tradition, he was the son of Suleyman Shah, the leader ...

, a Turkoman leader and

bey Bey, also spelled as Baig, Bayg, Beigh, Beig, Bek, Baeg, Begh, or Beg, is a Turkic title for a chieftain, and a royal, aristocratic title traditionally applied to people with special lineages to the leaders or rulers of variously sized areas in ...

, and Ertuğrul's son

Osman I Osman I or Osman Ghazi (; or ''Osman Gazi''; died 1323/4) was the eponymous founder of the Ottoman Empire (first known as a bey, beylik or emirate). While initially a small Turkoman (ethnonym), Turkoman principality during Osman's lifetime, h ...

, the founder of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

. After the establishment of the Empire, he became one of its military commanders, serving Osman I, as well as his son,

Orhan Gazi Orhan Ghazi (; , also spelled Orkhan; died 1362) was the second sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1323/4 to 1362. He was born in Söğüt, as the son of Osman I. In the early stages of his reign, Orhan focused his energies on conquering most ...

Life

During the early Ottoman Conquests in the reign of

, Turgut Alp was sent to ''Angelacoma'' (present-day

İnegöl İnegöl (known as , ''Angelokomis'' in the Byzantine period) is a municipality and district of Bursa Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,118 km2, and its population is 302.251 (2024). İnegöl is one of the centers of the Turkish furniture indus ...

) and he conquered the area. This area consisting some villages, was given to him by

and his territory was called ''Turgut-ili (Province of Turgut)''. During the

Siege of Bursa The siege of Bursa occurred from 1317 until the capture on 6 April 1326, when the Ottoman Turks deployed a bold plan to seize Prusa (modern-day Bursa, Turkey). The Ottomans had not captured a city before; the lack of expertise and adequate sieg ...

, Turgut Alp, along with Osman's warrior Mihal Gazi, participated in the conquest of ''Atranos'' Castle (later known as

Orhaneli Orhaneli is a municipality and district of Bursa Province, Turkey. Its area is 838 km2, and its population is 18,543 (2022). History From 1867 until 1922, Orhaneli (then named Adranos) was part of Hüdavendigâr vilayet. Composition There ar ...

) in 1325, which played a key role in leading to the Ottoman conquest of

Bursa Bursa () is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the Marmara Region, Bursa is one of the industrial centers of the country. Most of ...

during the reign of Sultan Orhan. He was also with Orhan during the conquest of Bursa (1326).

Burial place

His tomb is located in the cemetery of

Turgutalp Turgutalp is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Soma, Manisa Province, Turkey. Its population is 16,219 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde''). It is situated to the south of Turkish state highway D24 ...

(Genci) village,

, Turkey. The grave outside the Ertugrul Ghazi's mausoleum is an honorary grave, not the real burial place.

Legacy

In 1877, during the

Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) The Russo-Turkish wars ( ), or the Russo-Ottoman wars (), began in 1568 and continued intermittently until 1918. They consisted of twelve conflicts in total, making them one of the longest series of wars in the history of Europe. All but four of ...

, a city was founded and named "

" after him in the then-

In fiction

Turgut Alp has been portrayed in the Turkish television series ' (1988), '' Diriliş: Ertuğrul'' (2014—2019) and '' Kuruluş: Osman'' (2019—).

References

{{Authority control 13th-century people from the Ottoman Empire 14th-century Ottoman military personnel

Life

Burial place

Legacy

In fiction

See also

References