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Where is Artuk Bey? She's going to die.
My poor sister.
Don't leave your sister alone.
-I'm here, Hayme Hatun. -Artuk Bey!
Help him, my dear.
Artuk Bey, please help her.
-Save my sister. -How is she?
The dagger hasn't been removed. We were waiting for you, Artuk Bey.
The dagger has entered her abdominal cavity.
We need to remove it immediately. Then we will cauterize the wound.
Sırma will live, won't she?
We can't change destiny, İlbilge Hatun.
Her life is in danger.
But we will do our best. The rest depends on God.
You should all leave. İlçin Hatun, you stay with me.
Go on. Out, go on!
İlçin Hatun, prepare the embers.
And you call yourselves the alps of the margrave, do you?
We will break Ertuğrul's domination of Söğüt together, won't we?
You're all useless. Where is that bastard Süleyman now?
You let him slip through your hands, then couldn't find him again!
What are you good for, huh?
Bey, we didn't do anything--
Don't ever think of addressing me again until you have fixed this. Ever!
Do whatever it takes to find that bastard and bring him to me. Go on!
What are you waiting for? Get out! Go on!
My Bey...
Speak, Yınal!
What is it?
My Bey... It's Sırma Hatun.
Spit it out before I cut your tongue out! What happened to my sister?
There was a quarrel in the weaving area, Bey.
And Selcan Hatun...
stabbed Sırma Hatun. She's in bad shape.
What are you saying, Yınal?
What do you mean, she stabbed my sister? What were the alps doing, huh?
Did they just stand there like statues? Tell me!
My Bey...
when these Kayı women are together in their own camp,
they strike as stealthily as a snake.
Then it's time... to cut off the head of that snake.
Gündoğdu...
You slipped through my fingers once.
But I swear, if I don't kill your son,
and wipe out your seed forever,
may I never find peace on this earth!
We should keep going, Ertuğrul Bey. They will be after us.
Secure the perimeter, alps!
-As you command, Bey. -Yes, Bey.
You've lost a lot of blood.
First, we need to dress your wound. They won't find us.
We've covered our tracks.
You will heal soon, God willing.
I've heard a lot about you, Ertuğrul Bey.
You helped my grandfather, Alaeddin Kayqubad,
and my father, Gıyaseddin, too.
Now you have risked your life for me.
Your courage is beyond price.
We are working for the greater good. I am just playing my part.
We couldn't let those bastards take you.
I'm a man who's lost his throne, who sought refuge with the infidels.
Why did you save me, Ertuğrul Bey?
What's your purpose?
-Well? -We couldn't find them, Commander Alıncak.
We lost their tracks.
You're not going to make me follow you anymore, Ertuğrul.
You run away. But I know how to pull you back.
Soldiers, divide into two. One group will continue to search.
The others will come with me.
Where to, Commander Alıncak?
The eagle thinks
he can hunt the leopard by swooping down upon him, talons outstretched.
But when the leopard destroys the eagle's nest...
he will see whose claws are sharper.
Then he will come to me of his own accord.
We're going to the Kayı Tribe.
Horses!
The Mongols think that they can do whatever they want here.
My purpose is to stop them.
I will show them they can't trample freely across this land,
causing untold misery to those who live here.
We will hunt them down,
and they will learn that this land is protected.
They wanted to execute you.
They thought it would leave us humiliated and dispirited.
I couldn't allow it.
You did a great job. You're a very brave man.
You saved me from certain death.
But what are you going to do with me now?
They will scour all of Anatolia for me.
We will talk about that when the time comes, God willing.
First, we need to survive this crisis.
My Bey! My Bey. The Mongols are coming.
They're very numerous . They will be here soon.
Come on. We need to go right now.
We're going to the caves in Karahöyük.
Come on, come on!
Her pulse is weak. She's lost a lot of blood.
-Prepare the sherbet, quickly. -Yes, Artuk Bey.
Oh, Selcan!
You've stirred up the hornet's nest!
How are we going to keep you out of their hands this time?
I should have done it sooner, Mother.
I should have kicked that hornet's nest a long time ago.
You still don't feel any regret!
She was carrying out Alıncak's orders, and she's the sister of the margrave.
And now she is going to die.
You should be praying she survives this.
Otherwise we are going to be in all sorts of trouble, my dear.
She got what she deserved.
Those two sisters would have ruined us.
You finally did it, Selcan Hatun.
You have shed blood between us.
Who's going to save you now?
Who will save you from my brother?
It wouldn't have happened if, at any point,
she had behaved honorably towards us.
We're here to take you away.
You're making things worse, İlbilge Hatun.
My heart is broken, Mother Hayme.
Don't try to stop me.
Selcan Hatun comes with me.
You can't fight violence with violence.
You are acting without listening or understanding.
I'm not here for revenge.
Süleyman ran away.
I can't let Selcan Hatun escape, too.
Please, understand me.
She won't be executed without a trial.
She will be held in the prisoner tent.
Let us take Selcan Hatun.
You know the traditions better than anyone else.
You should stay there for a while, not to make things worse.
Don't worry, we won't let anyone hurt you.
Come on. Take her.
Aunt?
Aunt! Aunt! Where are you taking her?
Let her go!
-Who told you to tie her hands? -Stop it, boys.
İlbilge Hatun wanted this.
I will live in the prisoner tent until the trial. I have to.
Don't get yourselves into trouble because of me. Go on.
İlbilge Hatun, huh?
This is the custom, Gündüz Alp. Step aside.
Gündüz.
I promised my Uncle Gündoğdu I'd protect you.
Don't worry.
They can't hurt you while we are alive.
İlbilge Hatun will pay for this.
Pray for Sırma's recovery.
If she dies, there will be blood between the two tribes, Mother Hayme.
They're taking Selcan Hatun to the prisoner tent.
-What does that mean, İlbilge Hatun? -Selcan Hatun is guilty.
She will stay there until her trial.
And she will be punished for her crime.
What else could she have done?
Should she have waited for your sister to stab her?
Gündüz! Osman!
You forgot where we are. Can't you see I am here?
But look what İlbilge Hatun's done, Grandmother.
How could we be anything but angry?
Tell me, İlbilge Hatun... how many faces do you have?
To think we consented to your marriage with my father.
You showed your real face when you seized power.
We were ready to believe you were a righteous woman
when you showed your true colors.
I'm glad you didn't marry him.
You're the son of a bey as I am the daughter of a bey, Osman.
According to our traditions, honor is held higher than marriage.
Justice is the foundation of that tradition.
When Selcan Hatun did what she did, she went against our traditions.
What was I supposed to do?
Should I sit back and watch as the two tribes kill each other?
It was the right decision.
-May I come in, Hayme Hatun? -Come in, Artuk Bey.
How is Sırma, Artuk Bey?
I've done my best, but the rest depends on Allah, İlbilge Hatun.
Other than praying and waiting, there is nothing else we can do.
She said we ran away from the Mongols.
She said we should have fought them.
I showed you how I fight.
Just because your brother is the margrave...
do you think Selcan Hatun would obey you?
My poor Gündoğdu.
My poor Süleyman.
I want you to live...
I don't care about myself.
I have experienced many hardships.
Am I to be afraid of one little woman?
Where are you, İlbilge Hatun?
You promised you'd take me to Ertuğrul Bey.
But you've left me here, feeling hopeless.
If you won't come here... I will go back and finish what I started.
Who the hell are you?
Are you bandits?
Ertuğrul Bey!
It's good to see you.
Wonderful.
-You look well, son. -I am well, my Bey.
I refused to obey them and escaped here.
And in the midst of all your troubles, you've had to come here to help me.
Don't speak that way.
I am your uncle, remember.
You did the right thing.
If you had stayed there... they wouldn't have let you live.
You've known hard times away from your father.
It's time to fulfill what you've been longing to do.
Who is he, Bey?
Sultan İzzeddin Keykavus.
-Süleyman Alp, son of Gündoğdu. -Good to know you.
Whoever is against our oppressors is on our side, son.
Now it's time to join hands, and work together against the Mongols.
My sister, my beautiful sister.
My green-eyed, determined sister.
You were always as merry as a mockingbird...
and as brave as a wolf.
Don't give up now, you never have before.
Stand up again.
Stay with me.
Allah, protect us from mischief, corruption, and our enemies.
Allah, please spare her, so she may remain here with us,
please heal her wounds.
Hayme Hatun, I'm going to the healing tent to check on Sırma Hatun.
-May I come in, Mother Hayme? -Come in, Dumrul.
What's happened, bell ringer? Why are you here?
Mother Hayme, that bastard Alıncak is going to attack the village.
I came here to warn you.
-I have arrived in time! Thank God! -How did you learn that, bell ringer?
Ertuğrul Bey sent me to the castle on a mission.
Dragos's patrols have spotted the Mongols. I wanted to let you know, too.
We should prepare for the attack immediately.
Dumrul! The people will get the weapons we hid and keep them in the tents.
The alps will all wait outside. The people will remain in their tents.
If there is an attack, we will get the weapons from the tents,
and bring death to these devils!
-As you command, Artuk Bey. -As you command, Artuk Bey.
This time, we stand up and fight those bastards.
They won't make us suffer again.
-May I enter, Mother Hayme? -Come in, Oğuz.
-Beybolat Bey is here, Mother Hayme. -Beybolat Bey!
Let him come. He can ask us to account for ourselves.
Mother Hayme, if Beybolat Bey sees me here, he will kill me.
Hide yourself over there, bell ringer. And stay there until Beybolat leaves.
As you wish.
Where is Selcan Hatun?
I will skin her alive and stuff her with hay!
Were you raised without learning our traditions, Beybolat Bey?
You can't barge in here and threaten us like this.
I am the margrave of Söğüt!
The only rules here are the orders coming out my mouth, Mother Hayme!
Control yourself, Beybolat Bey!
No one has been given the authority to determine what traditions we follow!
Shut up!
Just answer my question!
That witch, Selcan Hatun, will know what it means to stab my sister!
Or has the ground swallowed her up, just like it did for her son, Süleyman?
Beybolat Bey, he who stands up in anger, sits down lost in fury.
Because anger is the flood which sweeps everything before it.
And a margrave should have patience.
Calm down.
Calm down?
My own sister was stabbed in a camp under my command!
And you want me to calm down, Artuk Bey?
With all due respect,
I will not be patient and I will not tolerate this!
So, tell me, where is Selcan?
I'm having her held in the prisoner tent, Brother.
Our alps are watching her.
Good work.
But it's not enough.
You have shed our blood, and I respond to blood with blood.
I will kill Selcan Hatun with my own hands!
Tell me, where is my sister?
How is she?
First, you must calm down, brother.
Artuk Bey did everything he could.
Now all we can do is wait.
If you execute her without a trial...
I swear, we will make life unbearable for you.
Brother!
Be strong.
We need to be strong for Sırma.
I am going to see my sister...
and then, we will see who makes life unbearable for who, Mother Hayme.
His anger makes him unpredictable, Artuk Bey.
Have some of our men surround the prisoner tent, discreetly.
Very wise, Hayme Hatun.
My little rosebud.
Did they hurt you?
I can't stand to see you like this, Sırma.
Brother, she's waking up.
Sırma?
My sister?
Sırma.
Sister, open your eyes, your brother is here.
Thank God! Thank God.
Brother?
They tried to kill me.
Avenge me.
They will pay for this, Sister, I swear.
They will tremble before your brother's wrath!
The Mongols! The Mongols are coming! Run!
My Bey, Commander Alıncak's coming.
Alıncak? He was on his way to Hülagü Khan.
İlbilge.
The barbarians are here.
What is Alıncak doing here?
I don't know, Sister. We will find out now.
What is it, Commander Alıncak?
I've brought Kalgançı Çak to the Kayı Tribe.
The end of the world.
What is the meaning of this?
Ertuğrul didn't keep his promise.
He broke our agreement when he spilled our blood.
I'm going to drown this tribe in a sea of blood.
How was my father responsible for bloodshed? Tell me.
He killed my soldiers.
When they were on an important mission.
No one but Ertuğrul would dare to do such a thing.
And so you will pay for his crimes.
Ertuğrul Bey couldn't have done that.
Why couldn't he?
How could Ertuğrul Bey destroy an entire Mongol unit...
by himself?
His alps are all here, see for yourself.
What if the alps had secretly joined him?
Your margrave is here. Go, ask him.
He will tell you all our alps are here.
The alps are here.
He has only three men with him.
Ertuğrul saved his son with the power of his own sword.
The man like this is capable of anything.
I have run out of mercy for you.
Soldiers!
What is it now?
Our spies have sent a message. It's urgent.
I know Alıncak very well, Ertuğrul Bey.
He is a ruthless, merciless, cruel man.
Saving me will shake him. Won't he suspect it was you?
I will be the first he suspects.
When he's unable to find me, won't he attack your tribe?
I cannot allow a large Turkish tribe to be destroyed because of me.
He won't do anything. I have tied the bastard's hands.
How have you done that, Ertuğrul Bey?
As soon as we take Keykavus, Alıncak will suspect it was us.
He will attack the tribe to exact his revenge.
Write a letter in the guise of one of the Mongols' spies, Mergen.
Send it to Alıncak.
We're going to manipulate Alıncak into suspecting someone else.
Who are we going to blame, my Bey?
Berke Khan's men.
So, all the while he was chasing me, I'd already made plans to misdirect him.
What are we going to do now, my Bey?
We've shaken Alıncak, Bamsı.
We will keep shaking him until he collapses.
We will punish him for every innocent life he's taken.
He's hurt now...
but we're going to give him a slow, painful death.
We have another game to play with him.
And this time, he will know who he's dealing with.
Very good, my Bey.
Abdurrahman.
Go and tell the bell ringer to come to the Alacatepe Road.
-I want to talk to him. -As you command, my Bey.
I know how the Oghuz tribes have resisted the Mongols.
But they can't resist them forever.
They trusted me once.
It's a shame I can't do anything for them now.
A larger resistance than you think has been organized in Anatolia.
A full-scale rebellion will start soon.
How? All of Anatolia is under their control.
Anatolia will not be acting alone.
We struck an alliance with Berke Khan and Sultan Baybars.
We will surround the Mongols on three sides, God willing.
That's quite an achievement.
I will do whatever I can to help.
If need be, I will take up a sword and fight on the battlefield as an alp.
Well said. But we need you to be the sultan.
What do you mean?
Are you planning to go back to Konya, and return my throne to me?
You may not have the trappings of one...
but you still have the power of a sultan.
And we need to use that power to bolster the resistance in Anatolia.
There is something very important I need you to do.
I'm listening, Ertuğrul Bey.
Subtitle translation by Reşat Bir