Division of the Kayı tribe
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{{short description|13th century Oghuz Turkic migration}}
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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Division of the Kayı
| place = Near Aleppo
| result = 400 people migrate to Söğüt with Ertuğrul and 1000 people migrate to Central Asia with Gündoğdu Bey
| combatant1 = Ertuğrul and his supporters
| combatant2 = Gündoğdu Bey and his supporters
| strength1 = 400 people
| strength2 = 1000 people
| image = Kayı 37310.jpg
| caption = Flag of the Kayı tribe
| image_size = 200px
}}
After the death of Ertuğrul's father, the Oghuz Turkic Kayı tribe was divided when Ertuğrul's elder brothers, Gündoğdu Bey and Sungurtekin Bey{{efn|also known as Sungurtekin Gazi, Songur Tigin or Sungur Tekin}}, decided to migrate to Central Asia, while Ertuğrul and his younger brother Dündar wanted to migrate to Söğüt.{{cite book |last1=Ménage |first1=V.L. |author-link=Victor Louis Ménage |editor1=Heywood, Colin |editor2=Imber, Colin |title=Studies in Ottoman History in Honour of Professor V. L. Ménage |year=1994 |publisher=Isis Press, Original from University of Michigan Press |isbn=978-97-54280-63-0 |page=160 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PYxpAAAAMAAJ&q=Euphrates}}{{cite book |last1=Cengiz |first1=Oğuzhan |title=ERTUĞRUL GAZİ KURULUŞ |date=2015 |publisher=Bilgeoğuz Yayinlari |isbn=978-60-59-960-18-2 |page=170 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=peCNDwAAQBAJ&q=dundar+ertu%C4%9Frul&pg=PA170 |language=tr}}
Sungur Tekin and Gündoğdu
The only information existing about the lives of Ertuğrul's elder brothers is about what they did before the division of the Kayı tribe.
=Biographies=
Sungurtekin ({{langx|ota|سنقوردكن}}) worked as a spy for the Seljuks in Ögedai's army and passed on the information he got but was possibly killed when he was caught. However, according to others sources, he returned to the tribe.
Gündoğdu Bey ' ({{langx|ota|كونطوغدى}}) took part in the Battle of Yassıçemen where he fought alongside his brother, Ertuğrul, and Sultan Alaaddin Keykubad I of the Sultanate of Rum. After this, Ertuğrul clothed Gündoğdu with something called Hilat, an armour worn after victory.
Division of the tribe
There isn't much information about the older brothers of Ertuğrul, however, one of the things that they are known for is that they migrated to Ahlat rather than Söğüt, which was where Ertuğrul migrated from Sivas. Most of the tribe wanted to migrate to Central Asia, their homeland, and therefore, 1000 people migrated to Central Asia with the older brothers, and 400 people migrated with the younger brothers. According to sources, Hayme Hatun was with Ertuğrul in this migration. The reason why Ertuğrul and Dündar decided to migrate to Söğüt was either that they wanted to escape the Mongol onslaught, what the Turkmen tribes had been doing for decades, or that they wanted to populate the area gifted to Ertuğrul by Keykubad I with Oghuz Turks.
Aftermath
Gündoğdu Bey and Sungurtekin Bey lived unremarkably quiet lives and only verbal accounts of them were told by different people through time. Hence, they were forgotten about as time passed and they were said to not be "paid attention to" as a punishment for not migrating with Ertuğrul. Not mentioned in Mongol records, it was also said that they were attacked in a great Mongol invasion where they suffered big losses. As they silently disappeared from history, not even their graves could be found till this day.
=In modern days=
In Turkmenistan, the Kayı tribe is one of the main divisions of the Geklen Turkmens living in the Balkan Region and consists of the following clans: adnakel, ak kel, alatelpek, bagly, barak, burkaz, ganjyk, gapan, garabalkan, garawul, garagol, garagul, garadaşly, garakel, garga, garyşmaz and others. The Kayı are also a clan among the Bayat Turkmens of the Lebap Region.{{Cite book|last=Atanyýazov|first=Soltansha|date=1988|title=Словарь туркменских этнонимов|trans-title=Dictionary of Turkmen Ethnonyms|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ju3UAAAAMAAJ|isbn=9785833800140|language=ru}} The Kayıs in Turkmenistan probably migrated with Gündoğdu Bey and Sungurtekin Bey and thus it is very likely that they indeed survived after their migration to Central Asia.
=In popular culture=
In the Turkish TV series, Diriliş: Ertuğrul and its sequel, Kuruluş: Osman, Sungurtekin Gazi is played by the Turkish actor Sezgin Erdemir.{{Cite web|last=FragmanTv|title=Diriliş Ertuğrul Sungurtekin Kimdir Sezgin Erdemir Biyografisi Yaşı Nereli|url=https://dirilisertugrul5.fragman-tv.com/dirilis-ertugrul-sungurtekin-kimdir-sezgin-erdemir-biyografisi-yasi-nereli-6559|access-date=2020-11-22|website=www.fragman-tv.com|language=tr-TR}}{{Cite web|date=2020-07-12|title=Kuruluş: Season 2 Release Date, Cast And Story Line|url=https://urdulive.co/entertainment/kurulus-osman-season-2-release-date-cast-and-story-line/|access-date=2020-11-22|website=Urdu News Live|language=en-US|archive-date=26 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026091344/https://urdulive.co/entertainment/kurulus-osman-season-2-release-date-cast-and-story-line/|url-status=dead}} In Diriliş: Ertuğrul, Gündoğdu Bey was portrayed by the Turkish actor Kaan Taşaner.{{Cite web|title=Gündoğdu Bey kimdir? Diriliş Ertuğrul 146. son bölümde herkesi şaşırtan sürpriz! Kaan Taşaner (Gündoğdu) geri döndü|url=https://www.sabah.com.tr/medya/2019/05/01/gundogdu-bey-kimdir-dirilis-ertugrulda-buyuk-surpriz-kaan-tasaner-gundogdu-geri-dondu|access-date=2020-11-22|website=Sabah|language=tr}} The Kayı were also divided in the series.{{cn|date=January 2021}}
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