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You must be very happy that I am called to account, Ertuğrul Bey.
I am not happy about anything.
On the contrary, the gold of hard-working people has been lost.
That upsets me.
Don't worry.
I will find that gold.
And I will hang those who stole it.
I hope you will do a better job than you did protecting it.
Because you didn't perform your duty successfully.
I don't know if they will trust you now.
Why wouldn't they?
I am the reason the Mongols couldn't plunder the Anatolians.
It's thanks to me!
Of course they will trust me.
You compromised with the Mongols for the supposed benefit of the state.
You practically gave them all the property of the Seljuks.
You sold them your wit and will. At least don't sell your soul.
We have dedicated our souls to the state, Ertuğrul Bey.
You can't see the complicated affairs in Konya from Söğüt.
I saw you laying the state under the boots of the Mongols.
I saw you hand over the people to the cruelty of the Mongols.
I saw how you made the oppressed people of Anatolia suffer.
Ertuğrul Bey.
There is something that must be dealt with now.
We shouldn't fight each other now.
Calm down.
Baturalp.
Go to Konya right away and bring soldiers.
We will have to discuss this a lot more. A lot!
And I will go to the caravansary no later than tonight.
I will come with you, Your Highness.
Then let us be excused, too.
Ertuğrul Bey.
We will talk about the other matter when I return.
Very well.
We have all the gold of the Anatolians, sir.
We even have enough gold to challenge the emperor.
We could have challenged the emperor even without this gold.
What about Ertuğrul?
What will we do about him, sir?
As much as I want to spill his blood...
I have to give him credit. Ertuğrul is a great warrior.
Actually, while we have all this wealth,
we could cooperate with Ertuğrul to build the biggest empire in these lands.
What do you mean, sir?
If I trusted him.
Tell Ertuğrul that the gold is in the castle.
He can come and take half of it tomorrow.
What next? What shall we do now, sir?
We will put an end to Ertuğrul here.
Then, we will cause the biggest bloodbath these lands have ever known.
Now, that is even better than seizing all the gold, sir.
What does all this mean, İlbilge?
Sırma, come here, let's talk.
You disregarded our customs.
How can you speak of talking now?
Sırma, I didn't know about anything either.
I heard it for the first time just like you.
You're lying.
Why would I lie, Sırma?
Why else? To prevent my happiness.
I asked you.
I asked you if you loved Ertuğrul Bey.
You didn't tell me the truth.
You were quiet. You acted innocent.
Then, when you talked with him alone in the inn,
you seduced him.
You stopped him from marrying me.
Sırma... My dear sister.
Listen to me.
I don't have a sister anymore.
Don't call me sister.
Enough!
Wasn't the scandal in there enough?
You are starting one here, too?
Ask İlbilge about it, Beybolat.
After all, she accepted the proposal in front of her betrothed.
We will come to that later.
I will make the decision.
İlbilge consented to the proposal when she knew very well...
that you wanted me to marry him.
This is betrayal, this is treason.
She did it to avoid marrying Emir Bahattin.
Tell her your decision now so that she can hear it.
So she knows you won't let her marry Ertuğrul Bey.
It's not a decision I can make easily.
We have a bigger problem right now.
First, we should see to that.
It's a matter of state!
If there is no state, then there will be no tent to host the wedding,
no tribe to enjoy the feast.
Now, sit still.
Don't bring this up again until I return.
Don't make me cut your tongues out.
Bismillah.
Thank you, brother.
-Sure. -Thanks.
So, the Bey asked İlbilge Hatun's hand, huh?
We didn't see that coming.
Do you think we did, brother?
Do you think we did?
But you should have seen the Umuroğlus.
Like they were struck by lightning.
To be honest, brothers, I am surprised, too.
It's done now, brother. And it's done well.
Ertuğrul Bey will be married. We will have a feast.
There will be mountains of meat, and lakes of sherbet.
You think about that.
Allah bless you.
Peace be upon you.
And upon you.
Bring it here.
Come on, brothers.
Meat of the black ram. It's delicious.
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
-Take some, brother. -Thank you, Bamsı.
You take some too, brother.
-Thank you. -Go on, go on, eat.
Enjoy it.
Go on, Bamsı. Eat before it goes cold.
Brother. Thank Allah, I'm full.
I should thank my wife. She fed me.
She fed me, but you keep cooking and eating your own meals.
How long will you go on this way?
What can we do, Bamsı?
Isn't it obvious, Oğuz Alp? Isn't it?
Even Ertuğrul Bey is going to marry, with Allah's help.
You should find yourselves beautiful women to marry.
-Allah willing. -A man needs a pretty wife.
We've been in love with our swords all this time, Bamsı.
Do you think we care about women or marriage?
Oh, Dumrul.
And the heart?
What about the heart?
Isn't a man's heart his sword?
If the heart isn't sharpened with love,
if it's not protected in a matching sheath,
it will rust away, brothers.
I, too, was a naked sword for years.
Then what happened? Thank Allah,
I found my matching sheath.
Thank Allah, brother.
Thank Allah.
It's all about fortune, Bamsı.
If Allah sees it fit, it will happen.
Look. If Allah sees it fit, then Allah will see it fit.
But a man should feel a little, too.
He should pick the woman he will marry with care.
Brothers, there are four kinds of women.
One of them eats up your home.
Another one erodes your home away.
Yet another one is quite insatiable.
And the last one is the base of your tent.
What kind of women are these, Bamsı?
Let me tell you, Melikşah. Let me tell you.
Look, one of them eats up your home.
She rises early in the morning, and before she washes her face,
she expects nine loaves of bread, and a bucket of yogurt.
Then she eats until she bursts.
Finally, she slaps her chest and says,
"Since I came to this damned tent,
I have never been full, I have never smiled,
I can never find anything to wear."
Brothers, this kind of woman shouldn't come into your homes.
-Allah willing, Bamsı. -All right.
Another one erodes your home away.
She rises early, too,
and goes from one end of the camp to the other to gossip.
She spreads tales, she makes up rumors.
When she comes back in the evening, she sees her tent is like a barn.
Then she says, "Oh, my neighbors! Why didn't you look after my tent?"
Brothers, this kind shouldn't come to your homes, either.
-Amen. -Allah willing, Bamsı.
Another one is quite insatiable.
Such a woman doesn't know how to please a guest.
When her man asks for bread, she says there's no flour and walks away.
No matter how much you talk, she doesn't listen to you.
Brothers, this kind shouldn't come to your homes at all.
Not at all, brothers.
She shouldn't, Bamsı. She shouldn't.
How about the last ones?
Oh, my brothers.
The last ones...
are the women who--
They are the base of your tents.
They are the women who...
even though their men aren't there,
if some guests were to come from afar,
they would feed them, they would please and respect them.
Then they would wish them farewell.
Allah bless them.
She would be just as good as her husband while he is away.
She wouldn't disgrace him.
They are women that can lay a table, if needed...
and raise swords, if need be.
Oh, brothers. They are the women that...
follow the path of...
Aisha, Khadija...
and Fatima.
They are honorable, generous...
and gracious.
So, alps.
My dear brothers.
May Allah give you such women.
I hope such women come to your homes.
-Amen, Bamsı. Amen. -Amen, Allah willing.
Allah willing.
Go on. Go on now, keep eating. Enjoy it. Go on, eat.
Allah bless you.
Allah bless you all.
Bey, to be honest, I am confused, too.
What do you wish to achieve by this marriage?
My heart belongs to Halime.
I haven't given my heart to anyone but Halime.
A woman can enter our camp, but she can't enter my heart.
I go through with this marriage for the benefit of our tribe and our lands.
Ertuğrul Bey, you said you didn't trust the Umuroğlus.
If you did this to get them to join our side,
why İlbilge Hatun, but not Sırma Hatun?
I want to know that, too, son.
Beybolat Bey wanted you to marry Sırma.
But you chose İlbilge.
In front of Emir Bahattin, no less.
Why?
To stop İlbilge Hatun from marrying Emir Bahattin.
Emir Bahattin is one of the strongest Mongol men
in the palace of Konya.
If Emir Bahattin married İlbilge Hatun...
the Umuroğlus would have the power of the Mongols behind them.
Do you know what that would cause?
It would destroy the order we maintained,
and stop our fight for freedom against the Mongols.
This marriage will spoil the plans of the evil alliance...
and it will maintain our order and our fight for freedom, Bey.
Son, you have obviously decided on this important matter.
I would like to say something as your mother.
Please, Mother.
Your sons are adults now.
You have to tell them, too, that you will marry İlbilge Hatun.
You have to talk to them.
Father?
Are you going to marry İlbilge Hatun?
Osman, tell your brothers that I have to talk to you all.
Should I come, Son?
No, Mother.
I will talk to my sons alone.
Ertuğrul.
Don't hurt them if they object, Son.
As you know, they have lived without a mother for some time.
It will be hard to accept.
I know, Mother. I know. Don't worry.
I don't know what to say, Brother.
I don't understand why this marriage has come up.
My lions.
Come here.
Is it true what Osman says, Father?
Are you going to marry İlbilge Hatun?
I have to, Gündüz. It is true.
Savcı and Osman didn't get to know our mother.
But I did. I saw her.
Seeing another woman in this camp she left to us...
is hard, Father.
My brave sons. I understand your worries.
But you have to understand what I want to do.
I do what I do for our tribe...
our clan and our future.
What does marrying İlbilge Hatun have to do with that, Father?
Listen to me.
The Byzantines in the west, the Mongols in the east.
We stand between them.
We stand on a thin bridge...
sharper than a sword, with fire on both sides.
The Mongols keep getting closer on this side.
And the Byzantine empire is ready to swallow us whole.
Since Turkic tribes cannot be swallowed together,
our enemies want to break us apart first.
And they try to do it by pitting us against each other.
We have to stop their attempt.
Is marriage the only way to stop that attempt, Father?
We have been attacked many times recently, Father.
But didn't we stop all of them with our swords?
Son, there are some events so evil that...
trying to suppress them with a sword only leads to greater disasters.
Now, our adversaries expect us to do just that.
The best way...
to eliminate those poisonous snakes and bloodthirsty vultures
is marriage.
I do this for your future, too.
Konya is under the rule of the Mongols and some shortsighted administrators.
We have sown the seeds of a new state.
All these hardships that we go through...
are necessary pains for a new state.
Perhaps, we will never see the germs of this new state.
However, if it is fated for you,
you shall see that state.
I work hard so that you won't have to deal with such troubles.
We'd know where to go if there was a clue.
I have a guess who did this.
Who?
Dragos.
No one else would dare to do this.
He was the one who raided your tax convoy, too.
But he didn't do this alone.
Who did he work with?
What did you offer to Dragos to get out of there alive, Ertuğrul Bey?
Ertuğrul.
Ertuğrul Bey came to Söğüt after he left the castle.
He was with us the next evening.
How did you come to this conclusion, Your Highness?
I said he worked with Ertuğrul, I didn't say Ertuğrul was here.
Remember, when I asked Ertuğrul what deal he made, he didn't answer.
He didn't answer when you asked him either, did he?
Ertuğrul told Dragos about the taxes that would be gathered in the caravansary.
And Dragos did the job.
Thanks to this deal...
he got out of that castle alive. What do you think?
I will launch an investigation right away, Your Highness.
Bahattin!
You were responsible for the gold, Bahattin.
Now, when Hülagü Khan
asks about the taxes of Anatolia, what will we say to him, huh?
Commander.
I came here to investigate. I sent my man to Konya.
He will bring the soldiers. Don't worry.
I know how to take care of this, Bahattin.
I will skin you and fill your skin with gold to send it to Hülagü Khan.
-May I come in, Bey? -Come in, Abdurrahman.
We heard from the Castle of Lefke, Bey. The gold is in the castle.
They invite you to the castle to collect half of it.
The gold is in the lair, Bey. Who do they think we are?
They intend to trap and kill me in the castle.
Let them know that we will come to the castle, Abdurrahman.
As you wish, Bey.
Bey, if they intend to trap you, why do you say you will go?
To trap them in their own tricks, Bamsı.
Turgut. Prepare for war.
We will hit Dragos so hard that...
he will learn how much sharper our swords are than he assumes.
As you wish, Bey.
Bamsı, gather the alps.
The hyenas have overrun the caravansary.
We have to stay alert.
All right, Bey.
Bey, will we take care of Emir Bahattin, too?
We won't take care of him so soon, Bamsı.
First, we have to get some important information from him.
What is it, Bey?
Albastı.
We have to learn who that bastard is right away.
If we catch him,
we can stop the massacres the Mongols are committing
in Turkish camps.
He can also prevent us gathering Turkish tribes for the resistance.
He should be found and killed soon.
We asked for the chest, you couldn't find it.
You stalled us time after time.
We told you to protect our gold.
You couldn't protect this big caravansary.
If we had made a dog the emir instead of you,
that dog would've been more useful.
Commander. The soldiers will come from Konya.
I will investigate everything.
I promise you.
I will find and bring you the gold and the killers as soon as possible.
We've had enough of your stalling.
You couldn't do anything we asked.
You will be punished.
Nökers.
Wrap him in a carpet.
Throw him under your horses and trample him.
-Ertuğrul... -Wait.
Ertuğrul has something to do with it.
Bring him.
What does Ertuğrul have to do with it?
Didn't we suspect he took the chest?
He also destroyed the patrol unit.
Ertuğrul is behind this.
Give me some time. I will prove it to you.
You say Ertuğrul is behind everything.
You blame Ertuğrul to cover your ineptitude.
We gave you all kinds of authority.
Why haven't you beaten Ertuğrul so far?
Soon. Very soon.
Only I can take care of this.
If you kill me, Ertuğrul will get away with this.
Nökers. Imprison him in a room. I will think about it later.
Albastı.
You stay. We have to talk.
Mengü.
Ma'am.
You knew, didn't you?
Knew what, ma'am?
Don't try to fool me, Mengü. I asked my sister and you both.
You denied it.
You knew Ertuğrul Bey would ask for her hand.
You went behind my back.
I didn't know, ma'am. I swear I didn't know.
Where has she gone?
I asked you where.
Söğüt... She went to Söğüt.
She went to get closer to Ertuğrul, huh?
Whatever she does, this will not happen.
I will make you both pay for this.
Now get out of my sight!
Or I will do something bad. Get out!
May I come in, Ertuğrul Bey?
Come in, İlbilge Hatun.
Welcome.
Thank you.
Ertuğrul Bey.
When you asked for my hand, it caused misunderstandings.
Everyone is talking.
I don't care about any of them, but I want to know something.
What is it?
Why did you ask my brother for my hand?
Both your brother and I wish to strengthen the brotherhood of our tribes.
That's why I see it fit to ask for your hand.
Is the benefit of the tribes the only reason for you to marry me?
You want to give me a place in your camp.
What about your heart?
Is there a place for me in your heart?
The heart is not subject to will, İlbilge Hatun.
It's not easy to put love in the heart...
or erase another one.
Our marriage will be the base of unity between the two tribes.
We consented to marriage for a great purpose.
That's what is important.
What if my brother says no?
Doesn't your brother want to unite the two tribes?
If he sincerely wants that, he will consent.
How about your sons?
Can they accept me?
Of course, seeing a woman come to our camp after all these years...
will not be easy for them.
It will take time for them to get used to it.
How about you?
Can you be patient with them?
Ertuğrul Bey.
You should know that I knew what would happen when I consented.
I stand by my decision.
I hope you stand by your offer, too.
A man is only a man as long as he keeps his promises, İlbilge Hatun.
We always stand by our words.
May Allah give us all that is good.
Amen.
Excuse me.
Osman?
It's been a long time since I saw you. I hope you're well.
I'm not at all.
Why is that?
Are you really asking?
We let you in our tents as a friend.
We respected you as the daughter of a bey.
But you wished to sit in my mother's place as a woman of our camp.
I can't accept that.
You incriminate me.
This is founded on mutual consent, Osman.
I don't consent to it.
Your place isn't in our camp. Stay in your own camp.
One moment, you're a spy. Next, you're an enemy.
Just when we forgive you, you try to be the hatun of our tribe.
Is this your new trick?
Whenever we didn't listen to each other, there was trouble.
But when we listened to each other, we found the truth.
Don't act impulsively. Just listen to me.
Isn't everything obvious?
Why would I listen now?
It's all I need to know. There is no need for words now.
My Halime.
For years, I kept your love in my heart.
And I kept your scarf on my chest like armor.
I raised our three sons that you left for me like saplings.
I fought for our camp, tribe and holy cause,
through night and day.
Now, I do what I do to keep our holy cause alive.
In this transient world...
I didn't give my heart to anyone but you.
I buried my love with you.
I am loyal to my promise.
I wait for death to see you again.
What do you think about what Bahattin said?
Do you think Ertuğrul is behind this?
Emir Bahattin took a long shot and made a guess.
Ertuğrul may end up behind this.
But we shouldn't do this by guesses, but with clues.
And Emir Bahattin knows how to do it.
You will do it, not Bahattin.
-I will? -Yes, you.
You've performed every duty with honor to this day.
You have slain the rebellious tribes. You made them all fear us.
Now, you will do this.
You will end Ertuğrul.
What about Emir Bahattin?
Emir Bahattin is over.
He will stay with us for a while. He will be punished.
You worry about your duty. Ertuğrul's brother is still alive.
The chest is missing.
And those taxes.
You will take care of all of it.
You will end Ertuğrul, Albastı.
I know exactly what to do.
Don't worry.
Albastı!
If you are successful, you will be a frontiersman.
If you fail, I will take my armies...
and slay both Ertuğrul's and your tribes.
Never call me Albastı again, Commander.
There are many men hunting this name.
They all want to kill Albastı.
My name is Beybolat.
If you call me Albastı again...
I will be Albastı!
All our preparations are complete, sir.
We have never been so crowded in the castle.
When Ertuğrul and his alps come to the castle,
they will never leave again.
Only a few of them will come since we are meant to be partners.
Do you see?
How precious partnership and mutual trust are.
Sir, you said Ertuğrul was a great warrior.
Did you think of a special way to kill him?
I don't like to plan these things.
I like to enjoy the moment.
But I have something in mind.
At least, before he dies, I will show him
the real face of Commander Dragos who made Söğüt hell for him.
When he finds out...
that bell ringer he didn't even notice is actually the person who ended him...
maybe he will die on his own.
First, the life of Ertuğrul.
After him, Söğüt, with a crowded and bloodthirsty army.
Then it will be the emperor's turn.
And finally...
Emperor Dragos.
Emperor Dragos!
Subtitle translation by Duygu Yucel