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My Sultan...
Is Ertuğrul fulfilling his duties, Sadettin?
He's discharging them satisfactorily, my Sultan.
The Turk tribes are pleased that he returned safe and sound.
And you? Are you also pleased?
Of course, my Sultan.
Ertuğrul is your chosen margrave. I respect him as a brave Turk bey.
Of course I'm pleased.
Then why were you incapable of carrying out my orders, Sadettin?
I went to war against the Ayyubids when beset by the Mongolian scum.
And you returned victorious. May God never take you away from us.
And you?
What were you doing all this time?
You failed to find the traitors who plotted against Ertuğrul.
And you failed to avenge the blood of his alps.
Did you think I wouldn't hold you responsible for your failures
and for making the state look so weak, Sadettin?
My Sultan...
according to the testimonies of the surviving alps
the attackers were bandits.
Sadettin...
if I was unaware of your long service...
if I hadn't witnessed your many great victories...
I would crush you right now.
Still you act like some poor weak child in front of me.
What bandit would dare to ambush my margrave Ertuğrul,
when he's riding off to war, armed to the teeth?
Can't you hear what you're saying?
-My Sultan-- -And you still dare to make excuses!
My Sultan...
I interrogated many bandits, I hanged a number of them.
You still speak of bandits, Sadettin.
Do you not realize the dogs who attacked Ertuğrul...
are the very same men who attempted to kill me?
Can you not see that this assassination attempt,
targeting both of us, was the work of the same wretched demon?
It did also cross my mind that Nicaea and the Crusaders
might be behind it, my Sultan, but--
As long as the perpetrators go unpunished
what good are you as an Emir?
In Ertuğrul's absence I charged you with this duty.
What did you do? Nothing!
Nothing at all!
If that's what you think, my Sultan...
you may take not only my title...
but my worthless head too.
Take my head now so that...
instead of your rage eating away at you, the crows may feast on my corpse.
Even when I'm dead I'd still wish to serve my state.
Are you playing with me, Ertuğrul Bey?
Do what you're going to do.
You will talk first.
You're going to admit you're guilty of this treachery.
I did nothing.
Your alp...
was the one who gave Esma the poison.
Do you still deny it?
Now is the time to show you're a man.
Instead of denying it like a coward, confess!
I have nothing to confess.
You think I did it but you're wrong.
I swear...
you'll pay a heavy price for this.
If I hadn't sworn never to leave the path of justice,
I swear...
I'd have done this a long time before, Sadettin.
You left me and my state...
weakened against both the enemy and the Turk tribes.
Please, give me three months, my Sultan.
I'll find out who was responsible and bring you his head myself.
I'll not only find them,
I'll find the dogs who infiltrated your palace as well.
If I fail...
I'll willingly pay the price.
You claim the foreigners have eyes inside the palace, Sadettin?
If you're right...
and the foreigners were indeed responsible...
they must have managed to get inside the palace.
This is your last chance, Sadettin, understand?
Now get out of my sight!
My Sultan.
I want Emir Sadettin followed everywhere he goes.
At all times. I want to know everything he does.
As you command, my Sultan.
Eminence, our informer sent us this.
Ertuğrul went to the priest's cave.
He left two of his alps behind then got back on the road.
I believe he has taken the antidote back to the Cavdar tribe.
Your Eminence!
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Get well, sister.
Thank you.
-Turgut... -Turgut Alp?
-Thank God. -My Turgut.
My son!
-Aslıhan... -Turgut?
At last.
Thank God!
My son!
Where is my Bey?
He'll be here soon.
You have to get better!
Where's my Bey?
Ertuğrul Bey is in his tent, Turgut Alp, carrying out Bahadir Bey's sentence.
-Son, you only just woke up. -Turgut?
-Lie back down. -Where are you going, Turgut Alp?
To kill the one... who tried to kill us!
Son, wait!
-My Bey. -Brother Turgut got better.
Turgut! My Turgut! Brother!
Thank God! He spared your life.
He did all this, my Bey.
He did all this.
He did everything.
Everything.
Don't worry. He'll be punished.
My Bey. Let me make an example of him.
Let me take his head in front of the tent.
He hurt all of us, but it must be me who takes his head.
Believe me...
every one of you is my enemy.
Know that I don't fear death.
But I did not poison you!
I am not guilty of this treachery!
Enough!
What is it, Artuk Bey?
Stop, my Bey.
My Bey, Aslıhan Hatun and Turgut Alp were not poisoned by Bahadir Bey.
What are you saying, Artuk Bey?
I found the poison given to the Sultan in the cave of the herbalist, my Bey.
-Are you sure? -I am sure, my Bey.
The poison that was given to our sultan contained wolfsbane.
Among other poisonous herbs. I'm sure, my Bey. Absolutely sure.
Bahadir wasn't here when our sultan was poisoned.
My Bey, whoever poisoned the sultan
also poisoned Turgut Alp and Aslıhan Hatun.
This person used Esma and Bahadir's alp
so that we would pin the blame on him.
Only one person is capable of this.
Emir Sadettin!
-Brother! Brother! -Turgut!
Stop.
You weren't poisoned...
by Bahadir Bey.
Release Bahadir Bey.
Untie his alps.
You...
humiliated me for nothing.
How do you intend to make amends?
Consider it your punishment
for the evil you have spread up until now.
I suggest you get a grip of yourself from this point on
so that your head might remain upon your shoulders.
That's all I'll say.
We'll discuss this later, Turgut.
Be wary of Bahadir from now on.
He'll come after you for his revenge sooner or later.
As you command, my Bey.
What is Niko the Merchant doing with all these soldiers, Atsiz?
Ares must have asked the emperor for reinforcements.
That's a good-sized Byzantine unit.
If we can't stop them...
they'll cause us problems when we attack the castle.
Abdurrahman, go quickly.
Ertuğrul Bey should know about this.
What will you do?
I'll try to infiltrate them.
I'll see what I can learn from this merchant, Niko.
God help you, my Bey.
They've travelled far.
They have carriages full of equipment.
They can't travel at night.
They'll set up camp soon.
Abdurrahman, this will have to be done tomorrow. Be quick.
All right.
Hopefully this balm will heal the wounds caused by the poison.
Thank you, Artuk Bey.
Thank God this curse has gone from your bodies.
Thank God.
God spared your lives and gave you back to us, my beautiful daughter.
Thank you, Mother Hayme. May God keep you with us.
Who did this?
Who dared infiltrate our tribe?
Who had us poisoned in our own home?
Turgut Alp, we don't have any evidence yet, but we'll find out who it was.
Alpamis was Bahadir Bey's alp.
Given we know Alpamis had something to do with this,
why did you let Bahadir go, Ertuğrul Bey?
There are some secrets which are heavier than mountains.
If they're revealed at the wrong time they would crush everyone.
He killed Alpamis and Esma to leave no traces behind.
Don't worry.
I'll find out who was ultimately responsible for having you poisoned...
sooner or later.
Then the world will know who he is.
What about the conquest of Karacahisar, my Bey?
Nothing's changed in respect of that, Turgut.
We'll return home and continue preparations.
You stay here. Gather our forces.
Assemble the beys.
Bahadir is furious. Be careful.
His fury can't touch me, my Bey.
Don't worry.
Thanks, Turgut. Thanks.
I don't care if they'd shed only one drop of your blood,
I'll make them pay for an eternity, my Bey.
He humiliated me and my alps on my turf and in front of everyone.
I'll drown him and his alps in their own blood.
I'll make Ertuğrul regret what he's done.
Look at what they did to the great Bahadir Bey and his wife!
We shouldn't so much as let them breathe, my Bey.
If they try to make that man bey tomorrow, I won't stand for it.
What did you just say, wife? How could he possibly be bey before I die?
I'd rather burn this tent and this tribe to the ground than hand them over to them.
I'll kill whoever stands in my way and leave his body for the carrion.
The dye has been cast.
Dark clouds have been gathering above them for some time.
Henceforth, they'll have all kinds of trouble raining down upon them!
When Sancar arrives with his alps...
I'll attack Aslıhan Hatun's tent.
Who among them is capable of escaping your grasp, my Bey?
I'll kill them both with my own two hands.
Let Ertuğrul see then who enjoys the last laugh.
A stranger approaches!
Let him approach!
Who are you? What do you want here?
Brave warriors of Jesus!
God bless you all!
I'm a merchant from Hanli bazaar.
My name is Alfonso.
What is it you seek, merchant?
There are a lot of bandits around.
I'm worried about traveling to the castle alone.
I'd be grateful if I was allowed to spend the night in your camp, commander.
Your name is Alfonso. Are you from Venice?
No! No, sir.
I am from Genova.
Welcome to Arycanda.
Thank you.
Take Alfonso the Merchant's horse.
So, you're a merchant? What do you trade at Hanli Bazaar?
My customers are usually Turks. I sell whatever they desire.
Most of your clients are Turks? Then you'll know them well.
I know those barbarians all too well.
I'd like to hear what you know.
Commander, the merchant will be our guest until we get to the castle.
Take his sword. He can have it back tomorrow morning.
God bless you.
My name is Niko. I'm a merchant too.
Ertuğrul, Bey of the Kayis is back.
Tell me, what do the traders of Hanli bazaar say about that?
The Turks are happy Ertuğrul's back.
But not you.
Does Ertuğrul Bey not get along with Christian merchants?
Ertuğrul Bey treats everyone equally.
But that's irrelevant.
He's a Turk.
We don't want a Turk holding the reins.
You make the most of the gold you take off the Turks, but you don't like them.
I'm not your average merchant who only thinks of profit.
Until the Turks are thrown out of these lands,
we'll never have order here.
Both smart and loyal. It'll be a pleasure talking with you.
But rest now, we can continue this later.
-The soldiers should rest. -As you wish.
The knights continue their training.
They improve every day, thanks to you.
It won't be enough, Kostas.
The Turks have alps who can shoot arrows accurately from horseback.
They're all ready to die and go to heaven.
They're skillful enough to scale the walls of this castle.
Whatever we do, it won't be enough when the war begins.
The units coming from Nicaea will make us stronger, sir.
Exactly.
The merchant who came with the soldiers, Niko...
I can use him to control the trade in these lands, Kostas.
He's as precious to me as an army.
Will Ertuğrul stand for that?
I saved Ertuğrul's best friend.
He's indebted to me.
My first request will deal with trade. He won't be able to refuse.
I have no concerns about Ertuğrul.
But first, the envoy and soldiers must get here.
We'll be a lot stronger militarily and economically then.
And Bahadir? What's the latest update?
Ertuğrul humiliated him thoroughly, in front of his own people too.
-Bahadir is furious with Ertuğrul. -Very good.
Bahadir isn't on good terms with Emir Sadettin.
And now he's enemies with Ertuğrul.
He's like a tiger that wants to rip its prey apart.
An ideal partner for me.
What are your orders, sir?
Go to Bahadir at once. Tell him I want to talk to him over dinner.
Let's see if he wants to be our new ally.
If it happens as I think it will,
I can't even imagine what we'll do to Ertuğrul.
As you command, sir.
Have you spotted the well?
We have, my Bey. We await your permission to dig it.
-Is it close to the tribe? -It is, my Bey.
All right.
One well wasn't enough during the summer. A second well will be good for the people.
Prepare the stones well. Get a stonemason if needed.
As you wish, my Bey.
Artuk Bey, has a place been spotted close by Hanli bazaar for a well?
My Bey, following your order, I assigned three people to the task.
They'll fulfil that duty soon.
All right.
How are your alps, Bamsi?
They're well, my Bey. Training continues.
The alps are impatient to attack the castle.
Turgut Alp will live with the Cavdar tribe from now on.
Hopefully, he'll become their bey.
You'll be responsible for the alps from now on.
-You're the head alp now, Bamsi. -Thank you.
As you command my Bey.
I'll perform my duties honorably, my Bey.
Thank you, Bamsi. Thank you.
Thank God, seeing you like this has reassured us.
Who would dare do such a thing to the Hatun of the Cavdar tribe?
We should take their heads.
-He's right. -Let's take their heads.
-Cut their heads off. -How could this happen?
My beys...
Ertuğrul Bey and I will not let this go.
But there are more pressing matters in front of us.
The unity and very existence of the Cavdar tribe is under threat.
We must look to preserve our unity first.
-True. He's right. -The threat must be defeated.
Bahadir Bey is out of control. His fury knows no limits.
Our fear is that he might attempt to hurt the people of the Cavdar tribe
and damage our kinship with the Kayi tribe.
Bahadir Bey suffered too, Aslıhan Hatun.
He and his wife were humiliated unfairly. His honor was tarnished.
You forget what Bahadir Bey has done in the past, Ivaz Bey.
Don't forget what he did to Ertuğrul Bey at the inn.
And it was Alpamis who gave the poison to Esma.
Alpamis was Bahadir's alp. Or didn't you know that?
-How could this happen? -How could Bahadir Bey attempt this?
Impossible.
If he believed Bahadir Bey was guilty,
why did Ertuğrul Bey let him go free?
Ertuğrul Bey learned Bahadir Bey hadn't given the poison to Alpamis,
so he freed him.
Bahadir Bey was unable to control his own alp.
His mistake almost led to my death and that of Aslıhan Hatun.
-He's right. -True.
Ertuğrul Bey knows what he's doing.
When the time comes, he'll tell us everything.
For now, we must focus on keeping our tribe unified and safe.
He's right.
To this end, I, Hatun of the Cavdar tribe, demand
a council is convened as soon as possible
to elect Turgut Alp as our bey.
I still don't understand it, my Bey.
How could Emir Sadettin try something like this?
How could he become so angry that he was able to do such a terrible thing
to two innocent people, my Bey?
Rage consumes the mind, Artuk Bey.
My Bey, what kind of rage is this? What kind of rage could have possessed him
to the extent he even tried to poison the Seljuk Sultan?
Why would he do it, my Bey?
It's obvious he wants to be Sultan instead of Emir.
My Bey, is it not our duty to tell our sultan of this?
We will, Artuk Bey, we will.
As soon as we take Karacahisar Castle
I'll go to the sultan myself to tell him everything we've learned.
But this must remain a secret known only to you and me until then.
Don't worry, my Bey. I know how important this is.
Artuk Bey...
our state and Sultan face a deadly threat.
It is our duty to defeat this threat.
If something should happen to me...
I want you to tell our sultan what we've discovered.
As you command, my Bey.
May God protect our state and our sultan.
Amen.
Aslıhan Hatun is right.
I support Aslıhan Hatun's decision.
My beys...
Turgut Alp has led our alps into battle.
He has their love and respect.
He protected us against the Crusaders, Governor Vasilius, even my brother Ural.
He deserves to be our Bey. He is worthy of being our Bey.
He'll make our kinship with the Kayis eternal.
Bahadir Bey has Cavdar blood. He's your uncle.
Can a stranger be our bey when someone with Cavdar blood still lives?
It is not a question of blood, Ivaz Bey, it is one of merit.
Our unity is threatened.
The enemy grows stronger and comes closer every day.
For this reason, the Cavdar tribe
needs a strong and brave bey such as Turgut Alp.
-Aslıhan Hatun is right. -She speaks the truth.
The Kayi and Cavdar tribes are one.
No differences.
We are Cavdar and we are Kayi.
This is my tribe.
It is my sworn duty to keep the tribe both unified and strong.
A strong bey makes for a strong tribe and people.
-May God grant us good fortune. -Amen.
-Amen.
A council will be held soon.
Subtitle translation by Berk Meydanlı