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My armies will aid you in the conquest.
So long as you stay united,
we'd know no defeat in both worlds.
As you wish, Your Highness.
We've been looking forward to it.
Thank God we will get to taste victory under your command.
The meeting is over.
Now, dull your tongues and sharpen your swords.
Long live the Sultan! Long live our country!
"To the all powerful
and all glorious emperor.
I carry the baby of great Commander Vasilius in my womb.
In the defense of our lands against the Turks,
I'd like to fight to the last drop of my blood.
I'm ready to lay my life down to avenge
the death of his father.
I seek refuge in your mercy and might.
I wish to take back the rights left by my late father, that are rightfully mine.
Before I seclude myself to the church as a nun,
I ask for your permission
to defend this fortress that my father built himself.
Ekaterina, your most faithful servant
that wants to serve you honorably,
instead of living like a parasite."
Our baby will get back at whoever did this to us, Ural.
I'll raise our child to be worthy of you.
May you rest in peace.
We have come to take Governor Vasilius' body, Ertuğrul Bey.
You have a right to bury your governor properly.
A bey is one who
even the enemy respects.
How lucky you are that God gifted you with such virtues.
I hope the people of Karacahisar make the right decision
and prevent any more bloodshed.
That's all I could ever wish for, Your Highness.
Surely, they will.
And it will be Artuk Bey that will act as
an important messenger.
I'll wait for your good news, Ertuğrul Bey.
I'll come to you as soon as I can, Your Highness.
If you will excuse me now.
Loyal commanders of Nicaea.
Veteran warriors of our fortress.
We are deeply grieved with the loss of our governor.
However, we still have a mission.
I gathered you here today to talk about
the measures we need to take to defend our fortress.
Are we going to do it in front of a woman, Commander Nikolas?
This woman is the daughter of the strongest governor of this fortress.
She has a right to speak just as much as you.
That's disrespectful! Unheard of!
It's against our rules.
Commanders, please listen.
Ekaterina knows the Turks best among us.
I'll vouch for her.
Plus, as things stand,
our rules may change.
We are at war.
Our governor has been killed and you're still going on about rules.
I'd like to ask you great commanders.
Do you have any idea what we should do next?
Of course, we will protect our fortress.
And how?
We have walls and soldiers.
Our fortress was breached many times.
Hundreds of our soldiers were killed.
We will ask for reinforcements from the emperor.
We will get more soldiers, and take more measures.
That means we will just lose more soldiers.
And the emperor will hold you responsible for each soldier that's killed.
Plus, the measures you take will prove to be utterly useless.
And finally, we will lose our fortress
and get trampled upon by the boots of those Turks.
What do you suggest, Ekaterina?
We need an ally that can take them down from inside.
We will hit them where it hurts the most.
They will start killing each other before they can even reach the fortress.
After all, if they manage to come here,
nothing can stop them, not our soldiers, and certainly not the walls.
We will start a war between them.
We won't lose a single man.
We brought Governor Vasilius' body, Commander Nikolas.
Then let us hold a burial ceremony.
Governor Vasilius has sacrificed his life for our sake.
We shall give him a proper send off.
Get in, Gündüz.
Mother.
Welcome.
Thank you, dear.
Thank God.
-My son. -Grandma!
Your grandma loves you so much.
God bless your victory, dear.
Halime, my love.
Your prayers helped us win.
God bless you, Halime.
God bless your victory, dear.
Come here.
Big boy.
Once you grow up to be a brave alp,
we will fight wars along with your brother Savcı.
May God permit.
How is the situation here, Artuk Bey?
Nothing is out of the ordinary, it's just as you left it, sir.
We were concerned only about you.
Thank God you came back safely and victorious, to top it off.
All our concerns and worries have disappeared.
Thank you, Artuk Bey.
Our Sultan saw you fit to go to Karacahisar as a messenger.
God bless our Sultan, sir.
I'm honored to take his order.
Once you reach the fortress, tell the commander that
they should surrender before our Mighty Sultan Alaeddin Kayqubad arrives.
Otherwise, I shall leave no one alive,
and destroy that fortress.
Leave it to me, sir. I'll get going right away.
Bey.
I have good news for you.
What is it, Halime?
You have a healthy nephew.
Banu Çiçek...
Thank God.
How is she, dear?
She is great, Mother.
She gave birth to a healthy son without a sweat.
God bless.
God bless, I'm happy for her.
Amen.
Banu Çiçek.
My forlorn girl.
May God help us protect this peace forever, Dündar.
Amen, brother.
God bless both Artuk Bey and Ishak.
Thank God they treated your wounds.
That's right.
I lost count of how many wounds
Artuk Bey and Ishak treated.
I'd always put ointment on my wounds by myself.
Or it was my brothers.
And now, it is you.
With the touch of your hands,
I'm sure my wounds will close up sooner and I'll feel no pain anymore.
Rather than being the cure of your wounds,
I'm more worried about seeing you wounded like this again, Bamsi.
It's over now.
The head of the snake is crushed.
-No need to worry. -Thank God.
Now, my father can rest in peace as well.
It's one bit of good news after another.
Oh, I hope it's good. Tell me what is it, love.
-Bamsi. -Yes?
Congratulations.
Hafsa Hatun, don't say that
I'll be a father.
Not a father, but an uncle, Bamsi.
Meaning?
Oh, my God! Did Çiçek Hatun give birth?
Oh, my God! I'm an uncle!
I'm an uncle!
How is he, Hafsa?
What does it look like? How much does it weigh?
Hafsa Hatun, is it a he or she?
It's a he, Bamsi.
Oh, my God! One more alp for us!
God bless!
Hafsa Hatun, let me pass this on to my brothers.
Let me tell them about it. I can't wait.
I can't wait, I'm going. Here I go.
Bamsi! Change your clothes before you go!
-May I enter? -Come in, Ertuğrul Bey.
Sit.
It's so nice to see you in such bliss.
-May God make it everlasting. -Amen.
Thanks to your prayers and favor, we defeated that troublesome Vasilius.
Now, all I hope for
is to raise our flag on Karacahisar Fortress.
Strive for it, and God shall help, Ertuğrul Bey.
May God help you work harder.
If you make every effort for it, God will fill in if you need anything.
Thank you.
You fight against the cruel
to spread God's words
and for the victory of Islam.
As our holy religion dictates,
we shall strive to save the oppressed from the hands of the cruel.
You aim to establish justice in the whole world.
Our prophet Muhammad
says this in one of his sayings.
If winning prizes,
gaining fame and glory
and gaining authority are the reasons for this war,
then it's no war. The real war
strives to bring glory to God's name.
How lucky you are to be fighting for this holy cause.
Our prophet and other Muslims fought in the Badr, against the cruel
who severely outnumbered them.
And he emerged victorious.
After Badr came the Battle of Uhud.
And the Battle of the Trench ensued.
There was no end to the many wars and the amount of dead.
We must be prepared for Uhud-like wars.
We must be prepared for more Trenches.
That's why we must not let ourselves relax just yet.
Once the prophet got back from a battle,
he said this to his followers:
"This turned into a great jihad, which was only a small one."
His believers were dumbfounded.
They asked the prophet
if there were greater wars.
He said this unto them:
"The real great war is against greed."
Ertuğrul Bey, you are only victorious if you can grasp the hearts.
You must be free from arrogance, disdain, and ambition.
We need you.
Your existence gives us strength.
May God bless you.
There are two kinds of soldiers, Ertuğrul Bey.
One strives for victory,
while the other for prayers.
One fights with his swords,
while the other embraces a shield of prayer.
Victory comes to those armies who have equal amounts of those.
We will always be with you with our armies of prayer.
Thank you.
Brother, put this ointment on in the mornings, not now.
You also lost a lot of blood. Drink pekmez often.
Thank you. God bless you, Ishak.
Thank you, brother.
Don't worry, Ishak.
Neither Bamsi, nor Abdur Rahman would ever run out of blood.
And why is that?
Because both dropped in pekmez cauldrons when they were young.
Brothers!
Oh, my God! Congratulations!
What's all this about, Bamsi?
Brother, we became uncles.
Turgut, we became uncles!
What do you mean, brother?
What do you mean uncle?
Do you mean, Banu Çiçek...
Exactly, brother. Banu Çiçek gave birth to a healthy young man.
Our brother Doğan has a son.
God bless!
Thank God, brothers,
for showing us such a day.
You are right, brother.
First, we took the head of the dog Vasilius, and now this.
Thank God.
How is he, Bamsi?
He's well. He is quite something.
I didn't see him myself but that's what Hafsa Hatun said.
God bless, what is she going to name him?
That's our decision to make.
Ertuğrul Bey shall name him.
Thank God that he was born healthy.
Thank God.
Now, Bamsi.
It's your turn next, brother.
Amen, brother.
However, you should think about it, too.
It's your turn next as well.
Bamsi, never mind that.
What's this get up, brother?
I don't know, I just ran out of the tent, brother.
I ran off to tell you.
Brother, if there was an ambush now,
and the drums were beat,
is this how you would face the enemy?
There is no enemy
better than you, brother. Come now!
Come here! You are the worst enemy!
Come here!
Men! Commander Vasilius has left us an important legacy.
Karacahisar Fortress.
We won't surrender our forefathers' legacy
until the last of our men dies.
This is our home.
They will want to take it from us.
But we will protect this fortress as if it was the last fortress of our empire.
We won't let them go unpunished for taking your friends.
We are ready to die in the blink of an eye like Commander Vasilius.
Let us honor his legacy!
Long live Nicaea!
Everyone that I want dead will die like this, one by one.
And Ertuğrul, your turn will definitely come as well.
Brother.
My brave brother.
The bravest of them all, Aliyar.
My martyr brother.
May you rest in peace.
May you go to heaven.
Rest assured now.
You have been avenged.
We took your revenge.
I will walk on your path.
And die for your cause.
Your tribe is safe with me.
Your sister will carry on with your cause from now on.
What happened, Bamsi?
It's been a while since you were like this.
Sir, if you encourage him like this, he will lose his self-control.
I still remember the very first day we came here, sir.
Look at where we are now.
That's why my mind is racing, sir.
I can't stand still.
Remember the plane tree, sir?
I remember the day we planted it, crystal clear.
Come on, brothers.
God, let the branches of this plane tree embrace the whole world.
May it take root here.
So that our people may spread
your justice and compassion to the entire world.
This shall be our mission, too, as it is for this plane tree.
Amen.
The sun will be our flag, and the skies our tent.
We will ride our horses to the endless meadows.
Our swords will be our lovers, and we will make our armies strong.
Our seal shall ripple for all eternity as the signal of justice.
We will carry God's holy word beyond the mountains and seas.
-Allahu akbar! -Allah!
Allahu akbar!
Our tree has spread its root to the earth, brother.
Yes, indeed, brother.
So much so, that nobody can tear it down.
Vasilius got what he deserved.
Sir, celebrate this day.
Let's make it a double celebration.
Now that I've become an uncle, nobody can stop me.
I'll eat honey for 40 days straight.
I will eat tons of pastrami and fried meat, sir.
Dad!
My big boy. God bless. Come here.
Another alp has been born. Now, I have not one, but two alps.
Wonderful, great commander Gündüz.
Gündüz, come now. Let's watch over your men.
Come.
Ertuğrul Bey, Banu Çiçek brought her baby for you to name him.
Congratulations, sister.
Thank you, sir.
Shed no more tears, sister.
We took Doğan's revenge.
He's been avenged.
God bless you, sir.
-Amen. -Thank you.
May he rest in peace.
May Aliyar rest in peace, too.
Our enemies at Karacahisar Fortress will live in unrest now.
We will conquer it soon, sister.
Sir, if you'd be so kind as to accept,
I'd like you to name Doğan's legacy.
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Allahu akbar!
Ashadu an la ilaha illa'llah.
Wa Ashad anna Muhammadan Rasululu'llah
Hayya alas Salah
Hayya alal Falah
Allahu akbar.
La ilaha illallah
Your name is...
Doğan.
Your name is Doğan.
You took your name from your martyr father.
May God give you a long life.
-Amen. -Amen.
A son of a Turk is born a wolf, and his home is wherever he sets foot.
Let the heavens and the earth know that
his name is Doğan.
May he be blessed.
Ertuğrul Bey, you gave him the name we all wished for.
God bless you.
Thank you.
Grow up to be a brave and merciful alp, like your father, your namesake.
May he never stray from Ertuğrul Bey's cause.
Dündar Bey.
Hold your nephew.
Thanks to many martyrs,
such as Doğan
and Aliyar Bey,
our children are born free, and shall live free.
May God spare me a life
without your love.
May God never let us part, dear.
I'm coming in.
Welcome, sir.
Thank you, Turgut.
Come, let's eat together.
Thank you.
Go ahead, sir.
Thank you, Turgut.
-Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. -Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
You're good at axe swinging, but even better at cooking.
Thank you, sir.
I learned to paddle my own canoe.
I know your yearning for Aykiz is still there.
However,
if she could talk, don't you think that she'd lament
about the way you are?
It's my destiny to be alone, sir.
I have no other wish but to serve for our cause
as long as I'm alive.
Turgut, a man needs to be a man first.
He needs a woman that'll keep him company.
And a son that'll be the hope of his home.
What would become of an alp serving our cause in misery?
However, if he serves with love
and walks with love, I know he'll do well.
And you know that, too.
I know, sir.
However...
my heart's become like a desert.
It's time for that desert to grow forests, Turgut.
How do you mean, sir?
I want you to marry.
Brother.
Conqueror of battle fields.
I'm left to face the harshest of battles.
And I don't know which one is easier to handle.
Subtitle translation by Tuğçe Erteki