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Oğuz, take care of the wounded.
As you command, my bey.
What's going on, Mother?
Who are these people?
We will soon find out, my girl.
İlbilge Hatun.
İlbilge Hatun is here!
İlbilge Hatun! İlbilge Hatun!
Welcome, İlbilge Hatun.
İlbilge Hatun!
Welcome, İlbilge Hatun.
Grandmother, İlbilge Hatun is here.
Welcome, İlbilge Hatun.
Welcome, İlbilge Hatun. Welcome.
Welcome, İlbilge Hatun.
Welcome, my girl.
This time I'm here with my father, Hayme Hatun.
Welcome.
Your guests are also most welcome.
Please, come in.
I'm not here as a guest, I’m here to collect taxes on behalf of the state.
My name is Umur Bey.
I am the bey of the Umuroğulları Tribe.
This is the Mongol commander.
Brother, Ertuğrul Bey didn't have any arrows. Who shot him?
Brother, say something. If he is dead, then where is our bey?
Whose arrows are these, brother?
Umuroğulları?
İlbilge, my girl.
But...
You said you were a member of Çobanoğulları.
Don't you get it, Grandmother?
Her so-called "Bey" father...
sent his daughter here to collect information about us.
What's up with the arrows, brother?
I don't know who these arrows belong to, but...
we won't go back until we find our bey, is that understood?
Come on, alps! Come on!
Now, we will sit in your tent and do a count
to find out the amount of tax you ought to pay.
Let's go in.
Only those who respect the bey can enter his tent.
Liars are not welcome.
As for the tax issue, it is Ertuğrul Bey's duty.
In his absence, you can't do anything.
And our bey has been successfully doing his duty for years.
This is all we have to say. You can go now.
You will wait to hear from us.
Ertuğrul Bey will do whatever is necessary when he is back.
And then you can fulfill your duty...
and go back to Konya.
I came here to settle with my tribe, and make this land our home.
Who are you?
Where does the path lead?
To the Red Apple.
This time, we brought you here not as a guest...
but as one of us, Ertuğrul Bey.
From now on, you have the ninth place.
Mother Hayme, you should know this will also be our home now.
Don't worry, Umur Bey.
Ertuğrul Bey will also show you a place to settle with your tribe.
But still, you have to wait for him.
Who is Ertuğrul Bey? I said I was here on behalf of the state, woman.
Don't you get it?
Gündüz Alp!
-Gündüz! -Brother!
Know your place, old man!
Or else you and your treacherous daughter won't leave this place on foot.
Brother!
Well done.
You did a good job by including Ertuğrul's son, Gündüz.
His son's actions have damaged Ertuğrul's reputation.
The real game starts now.
Now, Gündüz's reckless actions will harm his father.
Well, you have suffered a lot to serve loyally.
We'd die for you, Commander Dragos.
Very well.
Go to Nicaea and Constantinople and tell everyone
how cruel Ertuğrul is towards the merchants,
and that trading here is almost impossible.
And remain under the radar for a while.
Yes, sir.
Karabela.
Come.
Rise.
Has Teo gone to the Kayı Tribe?
He has, as you ordered. He will get rid of Teokles.
The secret that could expose us...
will be buried in a grave with that spy Teokles himself.
We welcome you among us, to the place where you belong.
Thank you.
Your existence among us will make us even stronger now.
This place is for those who have long been struggling...
for a proper world order.
I'm thankful to God who led me to this place.
I pray that God gives me the strength to be worthy of this place.
Amen.
This golden bow and three silver arrows...
are relics from your Oğuz ancestors.
You and your descendants are worthy of them.
May God award you and your descendants with many victories.
These relics are now yours, Ertuğrul Bey.
We are entitled to struggle to spread God's justice around the world.
And God is the only absolute victor.
Just like these arrows, our goal is...
to go further and further, to reach oceans and deserts.
Until we have the Red Apple.
In the past, Sultan Alaeddin created a system
in order to prevent a Mongolian invasion.
All the information about this system, including the names of the people,
secret meeting places, and even the names of our men who managed...
to infiltrate the Mongol's state, was written down in a document.
It was put in a chest and hidden in a secret place within the palace.
Inside this chest are written the names
and duties of all the people who are tasked
with keeping the ideals of Turks and Turkish states alive
for generations.
Unfortunately, the Mongols have found out the location
of this secret chest.
They have slain the man in charge of the room and the chest.
-This is a catastrophe. -This must be stopped.
We must prevent this immediately.
Gündüz Alp.
Let my father go!
Don't you say a word, woman.
I will make you pay for the lies you told when the time comes.
Gündüz Alp!
Evidently, your father didn't bring you up as a loyal alp to the state.
You are so reckless as to draw a dagger on a bey doing their duty.
What do you know about loyalty to the state, old man?
All you can do is lick Mongolian boots.
Gündüz!
Brother!
I won't let you collect taxes
from this tribe, nor from any others, until Ertuğrul Bey is here.
Know your limits, young man.
Gündüz Alp, enough!
Do you still not understand why they came to our tribe?
They will cause trouble here, and Mongols will benefit from that.
Know your limits, young man!
Or else I will have to spill your blood.
Father!
Gündüz Alp.
Father, are you okay?
Gündüz Alp, put down your dagger.
Gündüz!
Put it down!
Father! Father!
Alps!
I will make this young boy pay for drawing a dagger on me.
Our spy in the palace told us a Mongolian commander
called Black Wolf will go to the palace to take the secret documents.
Tomorrow, I will go to the palace to talk about the tax issue.
I will grab that chest and leave before the Mongolians lay hands on it.
Or else, it will be too late.
You shouldn't take on this kind of mission now, Ertuğrul Bey.
You are a precious member of our council.
We don't want to risk your life anymore.
The state of the Seljuks is practically occupied.
No matter how grave the situation is...
the state of the Turks is everlasting, and it will stay this way.
It's obvious that, sooner or later, a new and powerful Turkish state will be built.
That's why we can't risk the lives of the men
whose names are written on those documents.
In short, my life is not important...
that chest is.
Who is your spy in the palace?
He was once one of your biggest enemies, Ertuğrul Bey.
Umur Bey, listen to me now. You should take your leave.
Go and rest at the inn.
I will visit you tomorrow. Then, we can talk about what to do.
Now that the state has entrusted you with an important task,
I will do my best to help you to fulfill your duty
with all my strength.
But if you overstep your limits...
you will pay for that.
Alps!
Accompany Umur Bey to the inn.
And İlbilge Hatun as well.
Or whatever her name is.
So, you are a liar.
Such a pity!
Gündüz Alp, to the tent.
Alps!
-My bey. -What's going on, Oğuz?
The alps came from the tribe and took the wounded back.
Let's keep on searching.
Brother, they went this way.
This path goes to the Blind Valley.
Brother, what if they did something bad to our bey?
We should stay positive. Let's go. On your horses!
Come on!
-Hello. -Hi.
Father.
My daughter?
There's no water.
Your sister has gone to get some. Go and help her.
Yes, Father.
Brother, are you okay?
What do you want?
My name is Teo. I'm a merchant.
I bring goods to tribes.
On my way here...
the priest asked me to pay you a visit.
And he wanted me to give this aid package to you and your daughters.
Why is the priest interested in me?
By order of Ertuğrul Bey,
Muslims and non-Muslims have been taking care of each other for years.
And if there is a disagreement,
they let Ertuğrul Bey know.
The priest said you should let him know if you need anything.
Don't you see? I'm under the protection of Ertuğrul Bey.
Brother, are you all right?
-My medicine. -Do you want the medicine?
Do you want this?
Are you better now?
Go and tell the priest that I'm thankful.
Sure. Get well soon. If you need anything,
the Church will always be at your service.
Artuk Bey!
I know it's not my place, but why did you act like that?
Why did you tell them you'd visit them tomorrow to talk about it?
Gündüz!
You crossed the line, that's right.
-Grand-- -Gündüz Alp.
Being the righteous one doesn't matter if you lose in the end.
Our bey is a margrave of the state.
And what we are supposed to do
is protect his reputation while my father is away, big Brother.
Osman, I'm not going to ask for your permission to do something!
Father has been building Söğüt for years, with so much effort,
we can't let it go to waste because of your anger, Brother.
-Osman! -Osman is right.
We are not only responsible for ourselves,
we are also responsible for other tribes living on these lands.
If this system falls down, it will also affect the other tribes.
We can't live with such a burden.
For now...
the swords should stay in their sheaths.
Artuk Bey will go to the inn tomorrow and teach Umur Bey and his daughter
how these things work.
What if they don't listen to Artuk Bey?
What if they insist?
For now, what we need to do is to try reasoning with them.
But if they refuse to listen to reason, then our swords will do the talking.
Brother, didn't you see what kind of a man Umur Bey is?
Huh? How do you expect him to behave like a man?
We're in the rightful position. If we act recklessly, we will lose it.
And that's what they want.
We have to do whatever is necessary.
You're dreaming.
Both that two-faced, treacherous woman and his father are here
not to collect taxes...
but to cause problems for our tribe.
They will not agree with your politics, they will only agree with us...
once they see our swords.
-Excuse me, Grandmother. -Gündüz!
Artuk Bey.
We must watch every step Umuroğulları takes.
It's obvious they can't be trusted.
Come on, Father.
I'm all right! Stop fussing!
I will be fine, it's nothing.
I will put them in their place!
Okay, Father. Don't think about it now. Just get some rest.
Neither Gündüz nor anyone else can stop us from collecting the taxes.
We will successfully fulfill the duty that was given to us by the state.
We will make them bend the knee if necessary.
You just get some rest now.
Come on, drink some water.
Come.
İlbilge, you have the authority.
Our duty must be fulfilled.
Don't you show any weakness on this issue.
Don't embarrass us in front of our state and our sultan.
Ataç.
Support İlbilge Hatun in her endeavor.
As you command, my bey.
Don't you worry. We will handle everything
and collect the taxes as instructed.
We will use force if necessary.
Ataç Bey, call the alps at once.
-I will inform them of their duties. -As you command, İlbilge Hatun.
We have searched everywhere, brother.
There is no sign of our bey, nothing.
We must find him before anything bad happens to him.
Umur Bey is not well right now.
But there is nothing to worry about.
Hopefully, he will be on his feet within a couple of days.
Hopefully.
You know how important our duty is.
Umur Bey has put İlbilge Hatun in charge until he is recovered.
The Kayı Tribe crossed the line.
Nonetheless, we will fulfill our duty at all costs.
Have no doubt about that, is that understood?
Yes, İlbilge Hatun.
Now...
we have all understood...
neither Artuk Bey nor Ertuğrul's son, Gündüz, can be trusted.
Ertuğrul Bey is responsible for this inn and these lands.
Therefore...
we will always be cautious.
Either Artuk Bey comes back tomorrow and let us fulfill our duty...
or we fulfill the duty by force if necessary.
Is that so, İlbilge Hatun?
Is that so!
Go and visit the tribes and the other Greek villages around.
Check their wealth and determine the taxes.
We will collect them and send them to Konya just as the State instructed.
We are not afraid of anybody.
We won't hesitate to shed blood if necessary to fulfill our duty!
Ataç Bey.
Double the guards tonight.
Don't forget where we are.
Now...
go and get some rest.
Be as sharp as your swords.
Don't forget that we are facing people who see us as enemies.
-Go on. -Very well.
Subtitle translation by Ediz Faruk Gulfirat