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I hope their hands were broken. May their family fall apart.

How can they be so cruel towards a man like Artuk Bey, Mother?

Those who did this...

must not have a drop of humanity in them.

Revenge for this...

will surely be taken on them.

Son.

Son, how is Artuk Bey?

How do you think he is, Mother?

How can he be?

He stands tall as if nothing happened.

Is there a chance he'll open his eyes?

I'll send word to all the renowned physicians between Konya and Alayi.

I'll do whatever I can.

Son.

I've heard that you're going to the castle tomorrow.

Even if they made a mistake,

you wouldn't let them down as a bey.

You are our only support.

But you should be careful.

No mountain without smoke...

no brave man without thunders, Mother.

With God's help, we'll get through these hard days.

Rest assured.

Ertuğrul Bey.

I hope you'll save that woman from those heretics.

Or we'll have a bigger problem.

Why is that?

What bigger problem?

Emir Bahattin.

It turns out İlbilge Hatun was being taken to Konya to marry him.

Sırma Hatun said so.

İlbilge Hatun didn't say a word that day.

When the subject came up, Beybolat was quick to change it.

So, this was why.

Sırma Hatun. Ertuğrul Bey is openly challenging us.

He speaks softly, but wields a stick against the Umuroğlu Tribe.

Ertuğrul Bey is a frontiersman of our state.

If he had anything against the Umuroğlus, we would all be in jail.

But, Sırma Hatun, both our bey and our alps are in dungeons.

We can't just wait here.

-Yes, he's right. -How can this be?

My experienced beys!

Wait a minute.

In this time of disorder, we shouldn't feed the fire.

You know I went to the inn.

I have been assured.

We will wait for our bey peacefully in our camp.

My brother will be here soon.

Sırma Hatun!

Sırma Hatun!

Beybolat Bey was killed.

What?

Do you hear what you're saying?

I'd rather lose my home than hear this news.

He can't go unavenged.

Nothing is what it seems.

Dragos, the murderer of your father, is playing a trick on us.

Ertuğrul Bey is trying to help us.

This is all a massive trick.

Those who don't dare to shoot us directly in our chests

attempt to defeat us through our brotherhood.

This trouble may find its way to your camp, too.

Control your beys.

Fire is all around us.

Beys!

Did you see my brother's dead body with your own eyes?

Why would I need to, Sırma Hatun?

I heard it from a merchant in Söğüt.

I went to the inn to confirm it, but they wouldn't let me in.

They must have killed him if they didn't let him in.

Beys! Beys!

As Sırma Hatun, daughter of Umur Bey, I say...

in this time of disorder,

we should act with caution about what we hear or see.

If this sinister news is true...

then that means the Kayis have forgotten who the Umuroğlus are.

In that case, you know we will have to remind them who we are.

However...

first, we must find out what is true and what is not.

Now, if we, at this late hour, take our swords...

and go to the Kayi camp,

we'll come close to war over news that is not confirmed.

Tomorrow I will go to the Kayi camp.

I will personally talk to Ertuğrul Bey.

After all this, we can't let you go alone.

I am not going to war, only to inquire.

But the alps will wait for my word.

If my brother is harmed in any way,

I'll be like a wolf that sniffed blood...

and smash that camp to oblivion.

But if this is just an evil rumor,

then we'll have to get rid of those who spread it first.

We will load all the chests at dawn, Bey.

Send the chests first, Turgut.

We will meet near the castle.

Bamsı, you will stay in the camp.

Here? Why is that, Bey?

If Mikis told Dragos the news...

then they will let the Umuroğlus know about it.

To make us fight each other.

Therefore, we should ensure security around the camp and Söğüt.

While we are at the castle, you take care of security here.

As you wish, Bey.

These gold coins keep getting carried between here and there, Bey.

They must not wish to go to the Mongols, either.

Now we will give them to those bloody heathens.

Our people's efforts will go to them, Bey.

Turgut.

Let's say the enemy is all around the castle.

And you can't defeat them by fighting.

What would you do then?

I'd defend the castle until my last breath, Bey.

What about you, Bamsı?

Bey, I would leave the castle as a last resort and attack them.

What about you, Abdurrahman?

I'd rather die than leave the fight, Bey.

Bey, what would you do?

I would open the gates of the castle and abandon it, Bamsı.

Why is that, Bey?

Sometime, leaving the castle is a good thing.

When you abandon the castle, the enemy will rush in, Turgut.

While they rejoice in seizing the castle,

you can surround the castle, and lock them in.

The castle you leave for them is in fact their grave.

You can wipe them out,

and they won't take your castle.

That is how it is, brothers.

The mind prefers ten things to come tomorrow...

than for one thing to be lost today.

Once we've saved İlbilge Hatun,

we won't only take the gold from that castle...

but also many heads.

But Bey, when you give them what they want,

will they give İlbilge Hatun back?

They will not, Bamsı.

They will not.

They don't only want İlbilge Hatun.

They also want my life.

Then, what will we do, Bey?

Let me tell you, brothers.

Let me tell you.

I heard you didn't eat.

I prepared this feast in case you lost your appetite being locked in your room.

Have a seat.

The food of hyenas like you must be impure.

I am hungry for revenge.

I will be satisfied only when I stand upon your carcass.

So wild.

But eating and conversation would tame you a bit.

Sit down.

Sit down.

That was not good.

I don't want to spill your blood over this feast I prepared for you.

It's been a long time since I last dined with such a pretty woman.

Cheers.

Such pretty faces work up my appetite.

Do you think you'll get away with this?

You put your hand in the fire.

You will be made to pay for this.

I offered Ertuğrul some terms for your release.

He will come to the castle tomorrow to announce his decision.

He has to agree to them.

You wish.

But Ertuğrul Bey wouldn't give his answer in words.

If Ertuğrul were to give his answer in any other way,

he'd have done so at the inn.

But...

he gave his answer to your ill-tempered brother...

with his sword.

What are you talking about?

But of course, how could you know about it when you're here?

Ertuğrul Bey killed your brother, Beybolat, today.

-You can fill in the blanks. -You're lying.

You two-faced snake. Ertuğrul Bey wouldn't do that.

He put him in the dungeon at the inn. Then I heard he killed him.

It was obvious he was going to do that.

He wouldn't.

You are trying to make us fight. He wouldn't do that!

If you don't believe me, you can ask him tomorrow.

Take her away.

I don't believe you! I don't! Ertuğrul Bey wouldn't do that!

I hate hearing an angry woman shout.

May I come in?

Yes.

Who are you?

Who are you?

I hate to bother you, Artuk Bey.

I heard about what happened to you.

I wanted to say that I'm sorry.

I am just a lonely passenger passing through this inn called the world.

They know us as poor

and they call us philosophers.

You aren't bothering me.

Thank you for coming.

I was meaning to welcome you.

But after what happened to me,

you had to come and visit me.

Look at the state I am in.

I am unable to see your face.

-That's my only regret. -Please.

It is the will of God. We cannot know His purpose.

We are too small to know its meaning.

But what God gives is always welcome to us.

I can accept anything He gives.

God bless you. What a beautiful submission.

But whether you are met with a blessing or a curse...

can only be known by God.

I don't complain.

If I had as many eyes as I have hair,

I would sacrifice all of them to the holy cause.

However...

I know and accept one truth.

The fact that I am now blind.

From now on, I will have a hard life.

Only God knows that, Artuk Bey.

Perhaps, not seeing anything as it appears

will help you see better through your heart.

Because the shortest way to find the divine love

is through closed eyes.

An eye that is not busy with trivial, worldly things

will lock itself in the heart.

And the heart goes back to its roots and turns to God.

I am not good enough to find the divine love.

I know my limits.

We don't find the divine love, it finds us, Artuk Bey.

Love suppresses our hunger, and quenches our thirst.

Love feeds us.

But it also cuts off everything in us that isn't a part of it,

with a sharp sword that it carries on its wings.

The face of love is dazzling.

But those who are blind to truth cannot see it.

The smell of love is like a fine musk.

But those without luck cannot smell it.

And the taste of love is like a honey sherbet.

Those without fortune cannot taste it.

Because love cannot be seen with the eyes,

cannot be heard with careless ears, cannot be tasted with an evil tongue.

The language of love is the heart.

Love can be seen with the heart, can be heard with the heart,

can be tasted with the heart.

May God grant me the honor of...

attaining the divine love...

entering the world of meaning and abandoning my mind to His love.

May the road I walk on, the place I stay...

and the place I will arrive at...

only lead me to God.

Amen, Artuk Bey.

Amen.

The alps are ready, Sırma Hatun.

Our alps will not come to the Kayi Camp with us.

You will come.

When we are dealing with such a matter,

is it wise to go to the Kayi Camp with only a few alps, Sırma Hatun?

I will only say this.

Our Alps are going to wait for my word near the Kayi Camp.

Welcome, Ertuğrul Bey.

Thank you, Commander.

We took the things that Ertuğrul Bey brought

upon Dragos's request to the cellar, sir.

Good.

Take them away.

Your swords.

We came here as guests of Commander Dragos.

I will not give up my weapons.

We do not have that authority, Ertuğrul Bey.

Then tell Commander Dragos I am here, and that I won't give up my weapons.

You will give up that sword, Ertuğrul Bey.

I came here to make an agreement with you, Dragos.

Now tell your soldiers to obey.

If you fear two men who trusted you enough to come to your castle alone...

then I must have come to talk to the wrong man.

I have a coward before me.

Either you will trust and talk to me,

or one of us will not leave the castle alive.

Why would I trust you?

I came here and delivered you the taxes of the Mongols.

From now on, you need me as much as I need you, Dragos.

I don't know if you've noticed, but...

we are both on the verge of rebelling against the states that we are liable to.

-Did the gold coins arrive, Commander? -Yes, sir.

We took the food and the equipment that Ertuğrul Bey brought to the cellar.

Good.

I knew you were brave, Ertuğrul.

And I knew about your strength.

Now, I also see that you are smart enough to come here to talk business with me.

To be honest, you are the only man that I'd want to trust in the world.

I will listen to you.

Good, good. Well done, Uranos.

I listen to you as if I listen to myself.

Leave me and Ertuğrul alone.

He can keep his sword in its sheath.

Abdurrahman, wait for me outside.

As you wish, Bey.

The Turks know how to do this.

We'll have a feast tonight.

Let's go.

If a commander like you...

rebelled against his emperor,

I wouldn't think you'd done it...

to stay in this shabby castle and sit on this old throne.

You think correctly.

I have my eye on Söğüt. You know that well.

And you know well that I will scratch that eye out, Dragos.

But I didn't know you had such narrow horizons.

Neither Söğüt...

nor this shabby castle will satisfy you.

If you don't growl and roar in these lands,

don't you know that it will turn into a calm lake?

When you stand...

between the Byzantine on one side, and the Seljuk on the other side,

don't you know these generous lands will eventually dry up?

But of course,

if we hold the commercial power of Söğüt in our hands...

and if we do this without shedding each other's blood,

if we stand behind each other

and stand tall against our enemies...

Moreover, if you cut Byzantine trade routes,

and I cut the Seljuk's,

and we maximize our loot...

Then we can raise our armies with more loot.

Or, you can kill me here if you wish.

You can go and take Söğüt, too.

However...

neither the Turkish tribes nor the Seljuk

will let you have these lands.

You'll lose most of the soldiers that you gathered with the ransom you got from me.

But...

if you listen to me...

and collaborate with me, then...

we'll both win.

-What are you thinking, Ertuğrul? -Loot.

Loot.

Only loot, Dragos.

Not only the emperor's...

but also the sultan's loot can be ours.

You must have noticed that I'm not talking about a few chests of taxes.

But will the Seljuks and the Mongols leave us alone?

They couldn't color these well. They're are faded, Mother.

It must have slipped the women's notice, dear. It's all right. They can fix it.

How can this slip, Mother?

They couldn't boil the madder properly. How can we put these on the market?

-May I come in, Mother Hayme? -Come in, Son.

Sırma Hatun and the beys of Umuroğlu are here, Mother Hayme.

Let them in.

I hope nothing's wrong.

-Welcome, dear Sırma. -Where is Ertuğrul Bey?

What is wrong, dear?

Why are you so furious?

Don't start with the questions, Mother Hayme. Where is Ertuğrul Bey?

Don't you ever listen to reason?

Didn't I assure you?

Didn't I tell you that he'd go to save your sister?

Now he has gone to the castle to rescue İlbilge.

Is Ertuğrul Bey saving my sister by killing Beybolat Bey?

We heard that Ertuğrul Bey killed my brother.

Tell me, is this true?

They are playing a trick on us again.

They are trying to make us fight again.

Ertuğrul Bey wouldn't do that.

He wouldn't kill my brother.

What if he did?

Why would they tell me such a lie?

Oh, God, help me.

Dear God, help me see the truth.

You...

What are you talking about, dear?

Who did you hear this from?

One of our beys delivered the news last night.

He heard it from the merchants at the Söğüt Bazaar.

In spite of all the advice and assurance I gave you...

you still believe this news, is that so?

After Ertuğrul Bey saved Beybolat Bey from ambush when he defied him,

and is trying his best to rescue İlbilge Hatun despite all his troubles,

Sırma Hatun comes to the bey's tent holding us responsible for mere rumors.

Then tell me where my brother is.

If I had believed that news, do you think I would come here alone?

All right.

If you don't believe it

then why are you so angry, dear?

Don't you know that Ertuğrul Bey would never do such a thing?

She doesn't, Mother.

When one lacks wisdom, it leads to being pedantic.

I came here to find out how my brother is, not to bicker with you.

The alps and the beys are waiting to hear from me.

If I don't see my brother,

a great war will break out.

Now tell me. Where is my brother?

May I come in?

Yes, Bamsı.

Mother Hayme.

I know why Sırma Hatun is here.

Sırma Hatun, you can address your questions to me.

Then tell me, Bamsı, Head of the Alps. Where is my brother?

Ertuğrul Bey played a trick to counter the trick of the heathens.

Sırma Hatun. Beybolat Bey is alive.

He is as fine as a wolf.

He went to the castle with Ertuğrul Bey to rescue İlbilge Hatun.

Sırma Hatun. They are going to a fierce war.

We shouldn't start smashing things now.

Let's eat some of that cheese and molasses.

Tell me, bastard. Where is İlbilge Hatun?

Subtitle translation by Duygu Yucel