Turgut Alp ( ota, طورغود آلپ) was one of the warriors and

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who fought for

Ertuğrul Ertuğrul or Ertuğrul Gazi ( ota, ارطغرل, Erṭoġrıl; tk, ; died ) was a 13th century bey, who was the father of Osman I. Little is known about Ertuğrul's life. According to Ottoman tradition, he was the son of Suleyman Shah, the ...

, a Turkic leader and bey, and Ertuğrul's son

Osman I Osman I or Osman Ghazi ( ota, عثمان غازى, translit= ʿOsmān Ġāzī; tr, I. Osman or ''Osman Gazi''; died 1323/4), sometimes transliterated archaically as Othman, was the founder of the Ottoman Empire (first known as the Ottoman Bey ...

, the founder of the

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. 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 ( ota, اورخان غازی; tr, Orhan Gazi, also spelled Orkhan, 1281 – March 1362) was the second bey of the Ottoman Beylik from 1323/4 to 1362. He was born in Söğüt, as the son of Osman I. In the early stages of hi ...

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 city (center of the İnegöl district) in the Bursa Province of Turkey. It has a population of 340,000 (2011 figures). İnegöl is one of the centers of the Turkish furniture indust ...

) 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 Ottomans 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 siege equ ...

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

Orhaneli Orhaneli is a district of Bursa Province Bursa Province ( tr, ) is a province in Turkey along the Sea of Marmara coast in northwestern Anatolia. It borders Balıkesir to the west, Kütahya to the south, Bilecik and Sakarya to the east, K ...

) in 1325, which played a key role in leading to the Ottoman conquest of Bursa 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 town in Soma district of Manisa Province, Turkey. At it is situated to the south of Turkish state highway D240 and to the west of Soma to which it is almost merged to. The distance to Manisa is . The population is 9838 of 2011. T ...

(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 Ottoman–Russian wars) were a series of twelve wars fought between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire between the 16th and 20th centuries. It was one of the longest series of military conflicts in European histor ...

, 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

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Life

Burial place

Legacy

In fiction

See also

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