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Allahu akbar.

Allahu akbar.

Allahu akbar.

Allahu akbar.

Esselamu aleyküm ve rahmetullah.

Esselamu aleyküm ve rahmetullah.

While death is a celebration for the dead, it is a cause of agony and sorrow...

for those left behind.

Our pain is deep, our hearts forlorn.

But remember, excessive sorrow and grief will offend God.

Our Prophet showed patience in the face of loss and pain.

That Prophet, who was sent to us as a kindness...

came into the world an orphan.

When he was just a child he lost his mother.

His grandfather took him and his uncle in.

He lost his partner in life, our mother, Hatice.

He lost his uncle and greatest supporter, Hamza, in the battle of Uhud.

He buried his children with his own hands.

His compassionate heart became somber with this pain.

As he was weeping after the passing of his son Ibrahim...

one of his companions approached.

"Are you crying too, God's messenger?" he asked.

"Did you not forbid us to cry?"

Our Prophet replied, "I did not forbid crying.

I forbade screaming in agony.

For when the heart is filled with sorrow, tears fall from the eyes."

That blessed prophet endured so much suffering.

However, with his fortitude, he never turned his back on his path.

Knowing that it is God who gives and who takes away,

he endured all kinds of pain.

Now it falls on us to draw inspiration from our Prophet,

to submit to the will of God...

and bury our grief in our heart.

Know that day awaits beyond every night.

If we show patience, God will lift our burden...

and lighten our hearts.

Now you must be as unyielding as bronze...

and as vibrant as a waterfall which flows thick and fast.

Be so, that neither the enemy nor the treacherous may think you weak...

and find the courage to attack you.

Where will they bury her?

We don't know.

You're lying, Artuk Bey. Ertuğrul is here.

What gives you the right to ride into our tribe without permission?

Tell me that.

I do as I am told.

I don't need your permission to do it.

This will be the case until I find Ertuğrul.

Search the camp.

Stand back, Günalp Bey. Know that you're in over your head.

Don't be so impertinent.

No one has ever dared raid this camp and no one ever will.

A death warrant has been issued for Ertuğrul Bey.

Don't make this harder. Tell me where you've hidden him.

Günalp Bey, you think Ertuğrul Bey such a coward that he would hide?

If he were here, he would be the first to face you.

If he had to, he'd fight you.

If he had to walk to the gallows, he'd walk with his head held high.

As if you don't know that.

I'm just doing my duty.

Now, I'm warning you for the last time.

What will you do, Günalp Bey?

Will you put us to the sword like they did to your mother and father?

Look here, Günalp Bey. Ertuğrul Bey went to punish the traitors.

Those traitors have the death they deserve coming to them.

Don't you share in it too.

You know what's right.

Take your men and leave this place. Go on.

What should we do, my Bey?

Back to the castle.

If Ertuğrul Bey should come here, if you should get word to him...

with a bird or on the wind, tell him...

I will not stop until he pays for what he has done.

There's nothing they can do, God permitting.

Greetings, Artuk Bey.

Greetings.

We have things to discuss. Take me to Ertuğrul Bey, right away.

Who might you be?

Husamettin Karaca, the Emir of Sivas.

Husamettin Karaca?

My bride that I took with a red veil...

and left in my white tent.

Was it my fate to dress you in earth when I returned?

If I don't get my revenge on those who did this to you...

let the land I tread on be my grave...

the sheet I sleep on, my shroud...

the armor I wear, my coffin.

Aslıhan Hatun gave her life for us.

Not everyone could have done what she did, brother.

Be proud of your hatun.

We will avenge her together.

We will, my Bey. We will.

And not just Aslıhan Hatun...

but all innocents who suffer at the hands of tyrants.

For Aslıhan Hatun and all the other innocents like her...

our white swords will not be returned to their scabbards

until they have been turned red with traitors' blood,

until no traitor is left in our land...

Tooth for a tooth, blood for blood...

Revenge!

Revenge!

Revenge!

Revenge!

Revenge!

I was your son too.

I too was ready, just like my brother Kilicarslan,

to give my life to glorify the holy state of our ancestors.

You did not deem me worthy of your throne.

But I will prove that I am a worthy son, Father.

I will not let your death or that of my brother be in vain.

I will rid our state of the menace which devours it from within.

Welcome home, my Sultan. I hope you enjoyed a successful hunt.

It was so successful, Mother...

that I will rebuild

that which you destroyed and razed to the ground.

I didn't go hunting, Mother.

I met with the Emir of Sivas, Husamettin Karaca.

The spring of vengeance has been wound, Mother.

-Did you-- -I spoke to Husamettin Karaca.

We took the necessary precautions. He will be with Ertuğrul Bey by now.

I hope you've thought this through, my Sultan.

I have done what was necessary

for the honor of my father and my ancestors, Mother.

You killed my father and turned me into Sadettin's servant.

Now it's either Sadettin, or me. Either the state, or rivers of blood.

There can be no other way. There is no turning back.

My Bey, Artuk Bey is here.

There's someone with him. I don't know who.

I told him not to come here unless it was extremely important.

If there's someone with him, he must trust them.

Let him come, Abdurrahman.

-Greetings, Ertuğrul Bey. -Greetings.

Artuk Bey told me what happened. My condolences.

Thank you.

-My condolences, Turgut Bey. -Thank you.

Who are you?

I am the Emir of Sivas, Husamettin Karaca.

I've heard of you.

Welcome.

Come, sit.

Sit down, everyone.

It must be important

if you've come all this way, Husamettin Bey.

Our Sultan gave me his orders personally.

Our Sultan gave you orders? What are they?

Here.

This is Emir Sadettin's death warrant.

The duty you asked to be given

has been granted to both of us, Ertuğrul Bey.

We will do away with Sadettin Köpek together.

So, the sultan has come to the right decision at last.

Sadettin Köpek put a stop to our Sultan's Amid campaign,

so was sent with the army to Samsat Castle instead.

Our Sultan sent him there on purpose.

We are to ambush him on the way back from the campaign.

He will be returning with a victorious army loyal to him.

We will need to prepare for this.

Köpek will come through Sivas on his way back.

We will wait for him there.

We will first gain his trust...

then finish him off when he least expects it.

Shah, it has been a thousand years since the world last saw the likes of me.

You placed me in a land belonging to someone else.

But it's over now.

No doubt you are surrounded by a sea of people.

But in the sea, the pearls are found at the bottom while the scum floats.

You couldn't see that. It's now my time to rule.

It's time that precious pearl rose to the surface.

We're ready for the campaign for Samsat Castle to commence, Eminence.

Your army waits to salute you.

May our holy war be blessed.

May it be blessed! May your victories be ever-lasting!

Run to your undoing, Sadettin Köpek.

Run to your undoing.

We need to talk to whoever is against Köpek in the state's ranks, one by one.

We'll need them to both support us until Köpek is dead

and then to establish order in the state afterwards.

Ertuğrul Bey, right now they are paralyzed by their fear of Köpek.

They wait for a spark to catch light.

If we give them power and hope...

they will do what we ask of them.

I will take on this duty myself.

I will pull to our side whoever is against Köpek.

Ertuğrul Bey, this will be our one opportunity.

At the end of this path, either Köpek's blood spills...

or Köpek will spill a lot of our own.

Come, then...

The state needs our help.

I ride to Sivas. My soldiers await.

-May God not humiliate us. -Amen.

Godspeed.

Now we embark... on a hard but blessed journey.

My brave men, my alps.

A hard but blessed duty awaits us now.

It's time... to sever the head of the snake

that has buried its fangs in our state.

The salvation of this glorious state is in our hands.

Our purpose and our word are one.

For the perpetuity of the state and the good of our land...

death to the traitors.

Death to the traitors!

Come now, my heroic men, may our holy war be blessed!

What is this arrow?

Ertuğrul Bey!

Who are you?

I bring greetings from Husamettin Karaca.

Husamettin Karaca?

Alps, be cautious.

-Whose blood is our right? -The dog, Sadettin.

At ease, alps.

Where is Husamettin Karaca?

He's waiting for you in a cave on Kargi Hill. It's important.

What could it be, Ertuğrul?

It must be important for Husamettin Karaca to stop us in our tracks like this.

We should make our way there at once.

When we lay siege to the castle we will pound the walls with catapults.

At night, our soldiers will howl like wolves at the base of the walls,

beat drums and blow horns.

We will deprive them of their sleep and their peace of mind.

They won't dare poke their heads over the walls out of fear.

We will hold all the roads that lead to the castle.

Not so much as a grain of wheat will go in.

Hunger and fear will force them to surrender the castle to us.

What if they resist, Your Eminence?

If they resist, we will march on them with all our might

and raze the castle to the ground.

Now go back to your troops.

Know that I won't tolerate any mistakes before our victory.

-Yes, Your Eminence. -Yes, Your Eminence.

May I enter, Your Eminence?

Come Kayraldi, come.

Your Eminence.

I hope nothing's wrong at the camp.

Everything is in order at the camp, Your Eminence.

However, I have important news from Konya.

What?

Sultan Giyaseddin and his mother Mahperi Hatun...

have left the palace.

Left the palace? Where have they gone?

Unfortunately, nobody knows, Your Eminence.

What do you mean, "Nobody knows"? What about you?

Did I not say I wanted to be kept informed of everything?

The sultan and his mother leave the palace,

and you come here and tell me you don't know where they went!

-Your Eminence-- -Silence!

Leaving the palace without anyone knowing?

This does not bode well. Not at all.

-Welcome, Ertuğrul Bey. -I'm glad to see you, Husamettin.

What made you turn us from our road?

Come now.

My Sultan?

Mahperi Hatun.

-Welcome, Ertuğrul Bey. -I'm glad to see you, my Sultan.

Come, sit down.

You've disguised yourself, my Sultan. Has something happened in Konya?

Not yet, Ertuğrul Bey. But it will, soon.

Sadettin Köpek has had everyone who opposed him killed.

He has taken control of all positions of state,

from the army to the justice chamber.

We can't take a step in the castle without him knowing. Everyone works for him.

Everyone's eyes are on us.

They look at us like executioners, Ertuğrul Bey.

We had to leave in disguise so that we could talk to you.

If you don't crush the snake growing beside you...

you'll be the first one it bites.

Unfortunately, no one recognizes a snake for what it is...

until it poisons you.

If Sadettin is victorious at Samsat,

we'll be done for before he reaches Konya.

We can't wait for Emir Sadettin to get his victory at Samsat.

We need to finish him off before he gets there.

It doesn't matter how big that snake has become...

with God's permission, our swords will be able to sever its head.

I don't doubt that, Ertuğrul Bey.

However, there's an important matter you must take care of beforehand.

Command me, my Sultan. What is it?

Sadettin Köpek has taken Emir Kamyeri captive.

Emir Kamyeri is extremely important to the state.

If he has captured him, he won't let him live.

He intends to kill the last Emir still standing against him.

After he kills the powerful Emir Kamyeri, no one will dare oppose him.

You know, Emir Kamyeri has a formidable army loyal to him.

I know, Husamettin Bey, I know.

If Emir Kamyeri dies, Köpek will get a hold of his army.

His military forces will be unstoppable and his power in the state absolute.

Emir Kamyeri must be saved before Köpek has a chance to get his hands on him.

We must move at once.

That sultan and his mother...

have set out to kill me.

Nothing can stand in the way...

of the glorious victory that awaits me!

Look here, Kayraldi. Send your men out far and wide.

The sultan and his mother must be found.

If they return to the palace, don't let them go anywhere

until I'm back in Konya.

Should we keep them prisoner in the palace, Your Eminence?

Yes, we should.

I cannot have them disturbing my thoughts while I am out on campaign.

And when I get back, I'll uproot this problem once and for all.

Any word on Emir Kamyeri?

He was caught and arrested, Your Eminence.

They're bringing him to you. He'll be here tomorrow.

Good.

Let him come.

I will behead him myself.

He must be dealt with before I set out for Samsat.

He must be dealt with so that I can take his army.

Have his possessions confiscated and added to my treasure.

As you wish, Your Eminence.

A famous conquest awaits us, Kayraldi. A great one.

When I take Samsat Castle...

I'll pile the heads of my enemies high...

and sit my throne atop them.

My scouts tell me that the soldiers escorting Emir Kamyeri

have passed Yilanli Mountain.

That means they'll reach Köpek's camp tomorrow evening.

We have to get going at once.

We'll carry out the raid at first light and rescue Emir Kamyeri, God willing.

And we should get back to Konya.

My Sultan, they'll know by now that you left the palace.

It's too dangerous for you to go back to Konya.

They won't let you leave the palace again.

What should we do then, Ertuğrul Bey?

It would be best if you didn't return for the time being.

My Sultan, Sultan Alaeddin was poisoned right in front of my eyes.

Shahzade Kilicarslan died in my arms.

I can't let you return to what would be certain death.

So what do we do?

If you will consider it, I'd like you to go to my tribe.

-Your tribe? -My tribe, my Sultan.

You will be safer with my tribe than at the palace.

You will be the guests of my tribe until the Köpek threat is dealt with.

You are right, Ertuğrul Bey.

-Bamsı. -Yes, my Bey.

Take Dumrul, Meliksah, Abdurrahman and Oguz with you.

Get our Sultan and Mahperi Hatun to the tribe.

You know the shortcuts and hidden paths. Take those roads.

I know them, my Bey. As you command.

I'll get the horses ready.

-God speed. -Thank you.

This is a wise move, Ertuğrul Bey.

But I am uneasy at leaving my palace behind.

My Sultan, traitors lurk in the palace like ghouls.

That place is a prison for you now.

When we do away with the traitors...

you will once again shine in your palace like the sun.

I too left my tribe and my family behind when I embarked on this mission.

We all have to shoulder our duty until we rid our state of these traitors.

Be reassured by the knowledge that

you're doing this for the good of our state.

All right, Ertuğrul Bey.

Thank you, Ertuğrul Bey. May your sword be sharp.

Godspeed, my Sultan.

Come on, my brave men.

It's time for us to move. Battle awaits us at daybreak.

Subtitle translation by Yurdakul Gündoğdu