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Ertuğrul (other)
Ertuğrul (died c. 1280) was the father of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire. It may also refer to: People Given name * Ertuğrul Apakan (born 1947), Turkish diplomat * Ertuğrul Arslan (born 1980), Turkish footballer * Ertuğrul Ergezen (born 1978), Turkish boxer * Ertuğrul Günay (born 1948), Turkish politician * Ertuğrul Işınbark (1940–2014), Turkish stage magician * Ertuğrul Osman (1912–2009), Imperial Prince of the Ottoman Empire * Ertuğrul Özkök (born 1947), Turkish journalist * Ertuğrul Sağlam (born 1969), Turkish football coach and former player * Ertuğrul Taşkıran (born 1989), Turkish footballer * Mustafa Ertuğrul Aker (1892–1961), Ottoman Army officer * Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat (1923–2014), Turkish composer, painter and poet * Ertuğrul Kürkçü (born 1968), Turkish socialist and politician * Ertuğrul Seçme (born 1965), Turkish football player and coach * Ertuğrul Yalçınbayır (born 1946), Turkish lawyer and politician * Ertu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 of the Kayı (tribe), Kayı tribe (a claim which has come under criticism from many historians) of the Oghuz Turks (then known as Turkoman (ethnonym), Turkomans), which fled from western Central Asia to Anatolia to escape the Mongol conquests; but according to contemporary numinastic evidence, he was the son of Gündüz Alp. According to the legend, after the death of his father, Ertuğrul and his followers entered the service of the Sultanate of Rum, for which he was rewarded with dominion over the town of Söğüt on the frontier with the Byzantine Empire. This set off the chain of events that would ultimately lead to the Rise of the Ottoman Empire, founding of the Ottoman Empire. Biography Nothing is known with certainty about Ertuğrul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
