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The fire...
should loosen your tongue.
Otherwise, first will come your eyes, which you claim have been blind,
and then will come your ears, which you claim have been deaf.
Last will come your tongue, which you claim makes you mute.
Do you think our eyes, ears or tongue are of any importance to us?
What keeps us alive...
is the faith in our hearts.
And our unwavering soul.
Don't worry. I'll take that soul from you.
That soul...
is the soul of the many...
who have brought order to the world for all eternity.
Whether I live...
or I die,
it will forever bring...
fear to the hearts of those who do evil.
Let's see if that soul will save you now.
You know where the chest is! Tell me where it is!
They slaughtered our alps, Mother!
You saw what happened to Oğuz Alp, didn't you?
And Artuk Bey is missing. Is there no end to Dragos' wickedness?
My dear, have a seat. We must keep clear heads.
Ertuğrul won't give up until he finds Artuk Bey.
He'll get his revenge on those bastards.
Now be patient.
I wish it was only Dragos, Mother.
Now the Mongols will torment us, too.
And that scoundrel, Albastı! What if he turns on us, too?
My dear.
Why would you think that now?
Why would you make up such things?
What can you expect from a pig but a grunt, Mother?
This is how they started persecuting us, too. A few alps at first.
Then, one day... they cut us down like weeds.
We should err on the side of caution.
Selcan, my beautiful daughter. Calm yourself.
We are always vigilant, dear.
If they come here, they'll only see trouble.
Mother, let me go to the inn. I can't just sit here.
I could find out what's going on. I can find out what the tribe needs.
All right, dear. Go with peace.
Tara.
-Sir. -Could you find the gold?
I spoke to Mikis. He doesn't know anything either.
Ertuğrul did this secretly.
Mikis will find something out and let us know.
Tara, I want to hear something useful from Mikis right now.
If Ertuğrul doesn't give the gold to Uranos,
we'll take it ourselves. That gold is crucial.
If we're going to destroy Ertuğrul and seize Söğüt,
we will need a bigger army. And we can only get one with that gold!
Yes, sir. So, what should we do?
Tell Uranos to meet me in the crypt.
We'll discuss what to do then.
Lais. The man I thought so highly of,
was killed by Ertuğrul right in front of me.
I will take a revenge so great it will be remembered forever!
Are you going to the camp tomorrow?
I have to go, brother. I have things to do.
Where is that gold?
Mikis!
-What are you doing here, Mikis? -Nothing.
-I'm going to the bazaar. -You're going to the bazaar? Well.
What are you going to do there? Are you meeting someone?
No.
I was going to find out what things from the tribe are still to get here.
And some merchants are restless. I was planning on talking to them.
Really? Why are they restless?
I heard the tax gold was stolen.
They're worried they'll have to pay taxes again.
I don’t know how to calm them down.
You know, Mikis, I don't know much about money.
Talk to me about the war.
Is there an enemy to defeat...
or...
a traitor to find, Mikis?
Talk to me about that.
I don't know much about that.
Anyway, I should go to the bazaar.
Yes, you should go to the bazaar.
You should go there.
You should go to the bazaar, Mikis!
Gündüz, two riders are approaching!
One of them is Turgut Bey! Father must have sent them.
-Who's the other one? -I can't tell yet.
-Turgut Bey. -Have you found any trace, Gündüz?
We tracked them to the stream which is the border with Byzantine.
But we lost the trail there.
We've spread the alps along the border. They're all looking for Artuk Bey.
When we find out where they crossed the stream, we will find Artuk Bey, too.
You won't be able to!
Who is this man, Bey?
They've led the alps to the wrong place.
They only wanted you to think that they'd crossed the border.
That's not possible! The tracks brought us here.
Turgut Bey, we don't have time for this. We should go in the opposite direction.
Tell the alps to keep searching along this line.
-You two, come with us. -Who is this man, Bey?
Ertuğrul Bey sent him to help us find Artuk Bey.
How well do you know how to track?
Well enough to find a white hair in white milk.
Now, follow him slowly. And don't ask any more questions.
Alps, keep searching this line!
-Is Beybolat Bey still in the dungeon? -He is.
If one doesn't do what the Bey says, they should be punished.
Where is Ertuğrul Bey?
Go and tell your bey that Sırma Hatun is here!
Sırma Hatun, calm down.
My sister has been kidnapped
and my brother has been put in a dungeon by the margrave.
How can I calm down, Selcan Hatun?
A fine goat seems to be full of fat.
But nothing is what it seems.
He's thrown my brother in a dungeon. What is not what it seems?
Dragos, your father's killer, is playing games with us.
Ertuğrul Bey is playing him in return.
Dragos is playing a trick!
If Ertuğrul Bey hadn't put my brother in a dungeon,
he would have destroyed that heathen's castle and rescued my sister!
Perhaps Ertuğrul Bey put my brother in a dungeon because he's afraid of Dragos.
Ertuğrul Bey and his alps are falcons, Sırma Hatun.
They aren't afraid of crows!
This is all a great trick.
Those who don't dare shoot us in our chests...
attempt to shoot us through our bonds of brotherhood.
They seek to break our union.
Now go back to your camp. Stay with your alps.
But be aware that this trouble may find its way to your camp, too.
Control your beys, because fire is all around us.
My beys and alps are waiting for my word.
What should I tell them?
You will prove you are a bey's daughter in these dark days.
You will shut evil eyes and evil-talking mouths.
I can assure you, Ertuğrul Bey never leaves a task unfinished.
Your sister will be rescued from that castle,
and your brother will be let out, when the time is right.
So be it, Selcan Hatun.
But I want you to know something.
I want you to know that...
if Ertuğrul Bey fails to save my sister...
he will feel the fury of Emir Bahattin.
Emir Bahattin will make Ertuğrul Bey pay the price...
of his future wife's abduction!
-Beybolat Bey. -Tell me that...
you have either brought me my sister, or the severed head of that dog.
What did you do with that dog?
Nothing.
He went back to his castle.
You put me in a dungeon so you could talk to him.
And yet you've neither killed him nor saved my sister!
Why have you come here?
Had you gone to the castle, you'd have been ambushed!
You ruined everything with your recklessness!
But I've taken matters into my own hands now.
I won't let any more trouble arise because of you!
As long as you exist, this problem will never be solved!
You will die for İlbilge Hatun to live!
A horse without a rider.
It came here to graze.
But it has a saddle.
What does that mean? And how can you tell from its tracks that it has a saddle?
A horse without a rider tells us a lot about its rider.
The horse is near.
Turgut Bey.
They can't possibly have come here.
This way.
Artuk Bey's horse.
How is this possible?
The cave is near. Our men are there already.
From here on, we go on foot, to throw them off our scent.
Get him off his horse.
When they reached the end of the road, they must have had him dismount.
He must have used the opportunity to make the horse run
so that we might find his tracks.
Run, my brave boy, run!
There are caves in the hills, where the goat path ends.
I saw them when I was hunting.
They must be there.
The tracks will take us to Artuk Bey.
-This way. -Come on.
Bey?
I killed Beybolat.
He paid the price for his anger and recklessness.
You know the secret ways of Söğüt.
You and Abdurrahman will get him out of Söğüt.
Abdurrahman will take care of the rest.
As you command, Bey.
As soon as you're done, come back to the inn.
Do you understand me, Mikis?
Yes, Bey.
Good.
The wife and son of Gündoğdu the rebel have sought shelter with Ertuğrul.
Is Ertuğrul so ignorant of Hülagü Han's fury that he takes rebels into his camp?
Our nökers who went to kill Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi
were attacked in the caravansary.
Was Ertuğrul behind that, too?
Ertuğrul, Ertuğrul, Ertuğrul.
He is like an unwelcome weed.
We see him everywhere we look.
What good are you, Emir Bahattin?
You couldn't bring me the chest. You can't defeat a margrave.
The Kayıs have bothered us for too long. Enough with this clumsiness.
I want their heads. All of them!
Of course. Of course.
-It is easy to cut off their heads, but-- -No buts!
I want to kick their dead bodies.
Of course. However...
a dead Ertuğrul can't tell us where the chest is.
If Ertuğrul does have the chest...
we need him alive if we are to get it.
Stop this endless jabbering and do your job!
Find that chest and bring it to me.
Or I'll put your head in a chest and send it to Hülagü Han.
Soon, soon.
I've put my best men on the job. They should find the chest at any moment.
If you fail me on this,
I'll go to Söğüt myself with my blood-thirsty nökers
and I will destroy everything and everyone!
You have one eye left.
Your fate is in my hands. A life in the light or in the dark.
You'll either stay in the dark forever...
or I'll grant you light.
Which would you prefer?
Do whatever you want.
You know where the chest is! Tell me where it is!
Do whatever you want.
Allah!
We're under attack! It's Ertuğrul's alps!
-They've found us. -How could they find this place?
Kill them! Quickly!
We are not done here!
Alps! Get after that dog!
Mergen, go and let Ertuğrul Bey know. Go on.
Artuk Bey.
What have these villains done to your eyes, Artuk Bey?
My eyes are not important, Turgut.
We have kept our secret.
With God's help, we'll save your sight, Artuk Bey.
Let's get Artuk Bey to the camp. Come on.
Come on.
Now, children. Which name of Allah did we learn last?
Yesterday, we learned the holy name of Al-Hakim, sir.
Which means there is wisdom in everything God does.
Today, we will learn the holy name of Al-Adl, sir.
Al-Adl.
It means that He is the one...
who seeks justice in everything He does, who wields absolute justice,
and who does everything perfectly.
When God created the earth...
as high as He made the mountains...
so He made the seas just as deep.
He created the day as He created the night.
He brought the cold into existence, as He brought heat into existence.
As the name Adl suggests, when God built this balance...
it taught us many lessons.
For example...
if cats could fly, there wouldn't be any birds left in the sky.
If birds could swim, there wouldn't be any fish left in the sea.
Our dear God wants to see this fair balance...
in the people that He created.
How can we build such an order, sir?
Only by being fair, Osman.
As the Qur'an says...
"God loves those who act by justice."
Sir, how can one be fair?
By taking the side of the righteous, not the powerful.
Let me use one of the companions of Mohammed as an example.
Omar ibn Khattab, who was famous for being fair,
wanted to enlarge Al Masjid an Nabawi as more and more people were visiting.
For this, he needed the land
around the grave of our holy prophet.
He offered an appropriate price to the landowners.
Part of the land belonged to Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib,
the uncle of our holy prophet.
But Abbas wouldn't agree to sell his land.
The ruler of the Muslims went to Abbas and said,
"If we haven't offered enough, we can pay more.
Sell us your land and let us enlarge this masjid."
Abbas said, "I am the owner of the land.
No matter how much you offer, I won't sell it."
Omar took the matter to trial.
The judge was the famous kadi, Ubay ibn Ka'b.
Omar stood on one side of the courtroom
as the representative of the State of Islam.
On the other side stood Abbas, the owner of the land.
Ubay ibn Ka'b listened to Omar, and then he turned to Abbas.
Abbas told him his side of the story.
"I own this land. I have the right to decide its fate.
It doesn't matter how much they offer, I don't want to sell my land," he said.
How did the court rule, sir? Was Omar found to be in the right?
Be patient, Aybars. Listen now.
After Ubay ibn Ka'b listened to both sides and had a grasp of the case...
he announced a decision which would go on to set an example for all mankind.
He announced that, according to the Law of Islam,
no one could seize someone else's property without their consent,
no matter who he was or what he aimed to do with it.
And he found in favor of Abbas.
My example isn't finished yet.
When the clerks in the courtroom were recording the decision,
a voice was heard.
The voice belonged to Abbas.
"As of now, I donate my land in order that it can be added to Al Masjid an Nabawi,
without payment, and of my own free will," he said.
"All rights belong to Omar ibn Khattab, the ruler of the Muslim world."
Ubay ibn Ka'b was surprised.
"You didn't sell your land when they offered to pay more.
Why are you giving it away now?"
Abbas smiled.
"I wanted this case to be recorded
in order to show all mankind
the importance Islam places on justice," he said.
So, children, Omar, who lived by this justice,
joined Jerusalem and many other lands to the Islamic lands.
Tariq ibn Ziyad battled the seas, and conquered Andalusia by this justice.
Our glorious forefather, Sultan Alparslan, thanks to this sense of justice,
opened the gates of Anatolia, our magnificent land.
If you live by this justice, too...
who knows, you too may get to open many gates.
-God willing, sir. -God willing.
We've driven Ertuğrul into a corner, sir.
Let's see if he accepts our terms.
Don't underestimate Ertuğrul, Uranos.
Yes, we may have driven him into a corner, but we have to be discreet.
Bear in mind that blowing the horns of victory too soon might lead to defeat.
What are your orders for me?
Should we give İlbilge to Ertuğrul if he gives us what we want?
No! İlbilge's life is not that cheap.
Besides, Ertuğrul won't get away from us so soon.
Tara.
Sir, I have very good news for you.
Ertuğrul killed Beybolat.
Tara, are you sure? How did you get this information?
Mikis told me.
Ertuğrul charged Mikis and another alp
with the task of taking the body out of Söğüt.
-Did he see the body himself? -He did, sir.
Good. Mikis has finally proved himself useful.
There is no turning back now.
If Beybolat is dead, his siblings must know about it.
Ertuğrul has given us the perfect opportunity to get the tribes fighting.
Tara.
Take this news to the Umuroğlu tribe.
With pleasure, sir.
You'll be all right, Artuk Bey.
I'll find the herbs to heal you, even if I have to search every mountain.
It's our duty to make whoever did this to you pay.
Go back to the camp.
-Artuk Bey. -Bey.
Lie down.
I can't bear to see you like this, Artuk Bey.
Your eyes...
and my heart are burned.
Bey.
I don't care about my eyes.
They didn't succeed in learning our secret.
My loyalty to you and to our cause is still intact, Bey.
Eyes don't matter.
I knew it, Artuk Bey.
I knew it.
I knew you wouldn't reveal our secret.
And as for your eyes...
I'll do whatever it takes.
Those who did this to you... will experience hell on this earth!
Bey.
Those responsible kept their faces covered.
They revealed themselves to be Dragos' men.
They asked me about the chest, Bey.
But...
there's no way Dragos' men could've known about the chest.
It's as I thought, Artuk Bey.
The Mongols are behind this.
And they are using someone else.
Who, Bey?
Emir Bahattin.
But I have something else on my mind.
What, Bey?
Selcan Hatun has spoken about someone named Albastı.
He's a Turkish man who slaughters Oğuz tribes in the name of the Mongols.
He may have something to do with this.
He must have a connection with Emir Bahattin, too.
What are you thinking, Bey?
I think Albastı is involved in this, Artuk Bey.
Whoever it is...
no one will see peace in this world until I find them.
Subtitle translation by Duygu Yucel