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In the verses of Surah Al-Baqarah which we've just recited, our God says,
"Do not call those who are killed in the cause of Allah 'dead.'
No, they are alive.
But you do not see that.
We will certainly test you with some fear and some hunger,
some loss of possessions, lives and crops.
Give good news to the steadfast.
Those who, when a calamity afflicts them, say,
'To Allah we belong,
and to Him we will return.'
Upon them, blessings and mercy from their Lord will fall.
And these are the guided ones."
May Allah make us one of them.
-Amen. -Amen.
My Allah...
when, afflicted by the disease, our sweating and moaning increase,
and even the healers give up on our lives, help us all.
-Amen. -Amen.
My Allah, when we have no breath left,
when our friends abandon us,
when the earth covers us like our eyelids cover our eyes,
when all the blessings you gave are taken away from us, help us all.
-Amen. -Amen.
My Allah, when our names are forgotten,
when our bodies decay,
when our graves are lost,
when the books of deeds are closed,
help us all.
-Amen. -Amen.
My Allah, when the secrets are exposed,
when the hidden caskets in our hearts are unlocked,
when they weigh our sins, help us all.
-Amen. -Amen.
May you provide rest to the souls of those who fought for you,
who lost their lives for your cause,
who sacrificed their immaculate bodies
for their religion, and their homeland.
May you bless their souls.
-Amen. -Amen.
May Allah allow us to cherish their beloved and sacred memories...
by raising our children according to their traditions.
-Amen. -Amen.
My Allah, the compassionate, the merciful...
we are begging you for your mercy.
For the Prophet Muhammed Mustafa's sake, peace be upon him,
please accept our prayers.
-Amen. -Amen.
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
If you let your anger lead you now, you will cause innocent lives to be lost.
I've just escaped, I'm not going to turn myself in.
I can't let you go to your death.
No servant of Allah...
deserves such a despicable death!
How could a man be so heartless, so cruel?
Does he have no traditions?
That evil bastard!
And he is a Turk!
Albastı is just a dirty murderer.
But Süleyman also behaved badly.
May God rest his soul anyway.
What are your heart and mind made of to talk like that, Sırma?
A young man died, and you're still talking about the past.
Enough!
I would like to eat my food in peace.
Brother!
Who is this Albastı, Brother?
Who is he that he would dare to commit such a horrifying murder in our land?
Since Ertuğrul Bey is the margrave,
it's up to him to find Albastı.
And I'm sure he will find him.
Excuse me.
İlbilge.
Even though we know they carry a grudge against us...
we will still attend the funeral.
You should do it as our tribe's bey, and according to our traditions.
Enjoy your meal.
Remember what was good.
Süleyman was a brave alp.
He was a righteous man, and had a holy cause.
Süleyman was killed because he refused to give up our secrets.
That demon Albastı...
he couldn't get Süleyman to breathe a word...
even when he tortured him.
Is that why he had so many wounds on his chest and around his mouth?
I couldn't protect him, Sister.
Please, forgive me.
There's nothing to forgive, my bey.
You were a good uncle, and a good bey to him.
I give you my blessings, both in this world and the afterlife.
Not one, not even a thousand Albastıs, could bring us to our knees.
And if I had a thousand sons...
I would gladly see them all devote their lives to this righteous cause.
This is not the time to mourn my son's martyrdom.
I will pour the strength of my pain into you, my bey.
We will not honor him by grieving for him now.
We will honor him...
by avenging his death.
I don't know anything about Albastı...
but I am glad of him, and the justice he has served.
We will see what the margrave does now.
Ertuğrul couldn't even protect his nephew. He should be ashamed of himself.
And that snake Selcan got what she deserved.
No one will respect Ertuğrul now.
He will be known as the margrave who couldn't even protect his own family.
He is like the lone tree in a bare land which attracts lightning.
He brought this trouble upon himself.
But this man called Albastı...
seems determined to cause more trouble to Ertuğrul's tribe, Brother.
Then, we should be at that man's back, Sister.
I would kiss that accomplished man's hand,
because it is raised to strike down my enemies.
We should allow this Albastı to settle his account with Ertuğrul.
And then, it will be our chance to hit Ertuğrul where he is weakest.
What are we going to do, Brother?
Ertuğrul's weak spot is that he relies of a few trusted men.
If we remove them one by one, Ertuğrul will be incapacitated.
How can we do that?
Bamsı's wife, Hafsa...
You must befriend her.
If you win her over, she will then influence Bamsı.
I know you will know how to manage it, Sister.
Don't worry, Brother.
I will bend them to my will as easily as if they were made of straw.
-May I come in, my bey? -Come in, Baturalp.
My bey, a messenger has just brought this letter from Commander Alıncak.
My, my, my!
-What is it, Bey? -Alıncak's finally opened his eyes.
He suspects there is a traitor amongst them.
Why, my bey?
He says the orders that we believed were sent by Hülagü Khan
might have been a trap.
Who would do that, my bey? Who? How could it be done?
I would guess that Ertuğrul is behind this scheme.
Tell your men to get ready.
It's time to find the traitor.
Only a handful of people knew about Süleyman's mission and where he went.
And we know who there are, my bey.
Alıncak gave the order.
Albastı must have been acting on Alıncak's orders.
That bastard Albastı knew about Süleyman's mission all along, Turgut.
How could that be, my bey? Was Albastı with Alıncak all the time?
He was here all along, Bamsı.
He must have followed us like a shadow in Söğüt.
There's no other explanation.
Alıncak's recognition of me as the margrave,
his claim that he went after Keykavus...
they were all lies.
Now Alıncak waits in his lair to settle accounts with me.
To this end, he will have his soldiers primed and ready.
He will have given Albastı free rein to attack us.
If we find out where Alıncak is hiding, we will find that bastard Albastı, too.
And we know who's going to take us to him.
Who, my bey?
Beybolat Bey.
He has the closest relationship with Alıncak.
He will surely contact him at some point.
If he knew about this treachery...
and didn't tell me...
I will expose both him and his lies.
And then, in my eyes, he will be no less my enemy...
than Alıncak and Albastı.
I will never forgive him, or his tribe.
Send Mergen a message. He's to find out where Alıncak is.
As you command, my bey. As you command.
Commander Alıncak has written a letter.
It is to be delivered to Hülagü Khan. Ride like the wind.
Tell Commander Alıncak it will be done.
I will give this to the messengers who will then take it to Tabriz.
Ertuğrul deserves a glorious death by Albastı's hand.
To whom were you taking Alıncak's letter to Hülagü Khan?
Tell me, so that Albastı might know.
Albastı!
You were taking it to Ertuğrul, huh?
Talk. Talk, you bastard!
Come closer to me. I will whisper it in your ear.
Coward!
You can't even show your face to the people you're about to kill.
You won't get a word out of my mouth.
The only thing you will see is the sharp edge of my sword.
Tell me, now.
Were you taking the letter to Ertuğrul?
Speak, and I will give you a quick death.
It saddens me that I will never get a chance to see your death,
you bloody murderer.
Tie up this bastard.
He has a lot to tell me and Commander Alıncak.
I was looking forward
to him being married, and now I'm looking at his dead body.
Aunt...
I know we can't ease the pain you feel over Süleyman's death...
and we could never take his place, but...
I hope you will think of us as your sons.
My dear Osman.
Brave Osman.
I consider you all to be my children.
The time has come.
So, the earth waits to embrace my brave son, my bey.
Death took him, and the earth will hide him.
For whom is this mortal earth for now?
I'm ready, my bey.
Osman.
Alps.
Allahu akbar! Allahu akbar!
Allahu akbar!
You will see what it means to betray the great Hülagü Khan's commander.
Tell me. To whom you were taking the letter?
If you understand that I am a brave spy who managed to infiltrate your ranks...
you will know that I'm tough enough to withstand anything you do to me.
And if you know me,
you will know I'm capable of taking huge boulders and grinding them into dust.
You are walking slowly to your death, Alıncak.
You will all die! All of you!
Who put you up to this, huh?
Tell me.
Who got you to alter Hülagü Khan's letters, huh?
Was it Ertuğrul?
It's not blood that runs through your veins, Alıncak, it's fear.
It's fear!
And now we can all see what fear has done
to a once powerful commander of Hülagü Khan like you.
You're afraid of the margrave of Söğüt.
You are all going to die.
You are all going to die!
Tyrants tortured and persecuted us, but we didn't come to heel.
Traitors infiltrated us.
They stabbed us in the back, but we didn't fall.
The ones who try to intimidate us...
should know that we stand ready to become martyrs.
Every brave man we give up to the black earth in our holy cause
becomes the water of life that makes the tree of our resurrection grow.
When one alp dies, a thousand will rise.
I swear to God...
if we do not get our revenge on the traitors in our midst...
may my own sword tear me apart and be washed in my blood!
Tear me apart, washed in blood!
Alıncak said he would leave, so if he is still here,
he must have hidden himself somewhere very hard to find, my bey.
Mergen.
We will learn Alıncak's whereabouts from him, Artuk Bey.
Do the Mongol spies know that he's still here?
We will write a letter in the guise of Hülagü Khan.
Alıncak will want to see the letter.
Mergen will have to be told his location so that he can deliver it.
And then he will tell us.
-May I come in, my bey? -Come in, Bamsı.
My bey...
a message came from the alp who we sent to meet Mergen.
-Mergen didn't appear, my bey. -What do you mean, he didn't appear?
Did the alp wait for him till morning?
He did, my bey. He did.
I also sent some alps to the spies' meeting place, but...
there was nobody there, my bey.
Mergen's absence does not augur well for us, Bey.
If I fail to appear at the meeting place,
and you can find no trace of me, it means I've been exposed, my bey.
Then, I will be ready to become a martyr.
My bey, maybe they sent him on a mission?
It's not a mission, Bamsı.
They've got Mergen.
Only Alıncak would have been able to figure it out.
These are cruel men. They will torture and beat Mergen.
We need to find him, Bamsı,
Do whatever's necessary to track him down.
Go tell the alps. Then go and get Turgut.
Very good, my bey. As you wish.
My whip is wearing thin because of you.
If you don't talk, I will make myself a new whip out of your skin.
Now, tell me.
How was Ertuğrul able to turn you against us?
You're throwing your rope on the wrong horse, Alıncak.
That's why you always...
miss.
I have nothing to do with...
Ertuğrul.
And...
I'm a Mongol, too.
You're nothing but a dirty traitor.
You could have ruled the world with us,
but you chose to serve them instead, like a fool.
I, however,
am not so foolish that I would ever believe your lies.
Now...
How did Ertuğrul turn you against us?
What information have you given him?
Who is else is part of this?
Tell me, you bastard!
Where is Keykavus and the chest? Where?
Where?
If you confess...
if you tell me where they are, I will spare your life,
and you can return to my service.
I will give you an opportunity to cleanse your treacherous blood.
I can always use...
a tough man like you.
-Know much... -Know much...
-talk little. -talk little.
I have...
nothing to do with Ertuğrul.
That's all...
I will say.
You will tell me...
what documents you gave to Ertuğrul and what he then had you do.
Untie him!
We're taking him to the Tiger's Mouth.
No one will find us there.
I will torture you till you talk.
Subtitle translation by Reşat Bir