Turgut Alp
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| Burial place | Ertuğrul Gazi Türbesi,[1] Söğüt, Bilecik Province, Turkey. |
Turgut Alp was one of the early Gazis of the Ottoman Empire. He was also close friend of Ertuğrul Gazi and his son Osman Gazi.
He is buried in the "Ertuğrul Gazi Tomb" (Ertuğrul Gazi Türbesi) in Söğüt, Bilecik Province, Turkey.
Legacy
In 1877, during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878), a city was founded and named "Turgutalp" after him in the then Ottoman Empire by Muslim people from present day Bulgaria. The settlement was named as Turgutalp upon the suggestion of the sultan.
In 1986, the settlement was declared a seat of township. Major economic sector of the town is agriculture. The main crops are tobacco, cotton, olive, tomato and wheat. Some town residents work in the power plant and coal mine of Soma.[2]
In the TV series Diriliş: Ertuğrul, which is broadcast on Turkey's state television channel TRT 1, Turgut Alp is portrayed by Turkish actor Cengiz Coşkun.
See also
- Ertuğrul Gazi
- Osman Gazi
- Suleyman Shah
- Diriliş: Ertuğrul (Turkish television adventure series)
- Sheik Edebali
- Gazi
- Ottoman Empire
- Ala ad-Din Kay Qubadh I
- Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm
- Alp Arslan
- Great Seljuk Empire