Turgut Alp

There is very little information about his life, and there is doubt he was a historical person. During the early Ottoman Conquests in the reign of Osman I, Turgut Alp was sent to Angelacoma (present-day İnegöl) and he conquered the area.{{cite book |last1=Tezcan |first1=Baki |title=The Second Ottoman Empire: Political and Social Transformation in the Early Modern World |date=2010 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-05-21-51949-6 |page=86 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s4Ur_agZi2oC&dq=turgut+alp&pg=PA86 |access-date=4 August 2020}}{{cite book |last1=H.Rosenwein |first1=Barbara |title=Reading the Middle Ages: Sources from Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic World |date=2013 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-14-42-60604-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcwtBAAAQBAJ&dq=turgut+alp+inegol&pg=PT1345 |access-date=4 August 2020|edition=Second }} This area consisting some villages, was given to him by Osman I and his territory was called Turgut-ili (Province of Turgut).{{cite book |last1=Akgunduz |first1=Ahmed |last2=Ozturk |first2=Said |title=Ottoman History - Misperceptions and Truths |date=2011 |publisher=IUR Press |isbn=978-90-90-26108-9 |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WKfIAgAAQBAJ&dq=turgut+alp+history&pg=PA43 |access-date=3 August 2020}}{{cite book |last1=Çiçek |first1=Kemal |last2=Kuran |first2=Ercüment |last3=Göyünç |first3=Nejat |last4=Ortaylı |first4=İlber |title=Great Ottoman Turkish Civilization (Snippet View) |date=2000 |location=University of Virginia |publisher=Yeni Tükiye |isbn=978-97-56-78217-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZRpXAAAAYAAJ&q=turgut+alp |access-date=3 August 2020}}[https://tureng.com/en/turkish-english/il “il” meaning in Tureng Dictionary] During the Siege of Bursa, Turgut Alp, along with Osman's warrior Mihal Gazi, participated in the conquest of Atranos Castle (later known as Orhaneli) in 1325, which played a key role in leading to the Ottoman conquest of Bursa during the reign of Sultan Orhan.{{TDV Encyclopedia of Islam|last=Sümer|first=Faruk|url=https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/turgut-alp|title=Turgut Alp|volume=41|page=416}} He was also with Orhan during the conquest of Bursa (1326).{{cite book |last1=ÖCAL |first1=SEFA |title=DEVLET KURAN KAHRAMANLAR - Volume 31 of Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Vakfı yayını |date=1987 |publisher=NETWORK YAZILIM |location=Turkey |page=106 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=He6HCgAAQBAJ&dq=Durgut+alp+adrenos&pg=PA106 |access-date=13 August 2020 |language=tr}}{{cite book |last1=Şimşirgil |first1=Ahmet |title=Kayı 1: Ertuğrul'un Ocağı |date=2013 |publisher=Timaş Tarih |isbn=978-60-50-81295-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7pVDwAAQBAJ&dq=Turgut+alp+adrenos&pg=PT32 |access-date=13 August 2020 |language=tr}}

His tomb is located in the cemetery of Turgutalp (Genci) village, İnegöl, Turkey.{{cite web |title=History of Inegol |url=https://www.itso.org.tr/en/history-of-inegol-city/history-of-inegol.html |website=itso.org.tr |publisher=İnegöl Ticaret ve Sanayi Odası (İTSO) |access-date=26 July 2020}} The grave outside the Ertugrul Ghazi's mausoleum is an honorary grave, not the real burial place.{{cite web |title=Turgut Alp tarihte nasıl öldü? Diriliş Ertuğrul'da heyecan dorukta!|url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/turgut-alp-tarihte-nasil-oldu-dirilis-ertugrulda-heyecan-dorukta-2867251 |website=milliyet.com.tr |publisher=Milliyet |date=2 May 2019 |access-date=19 January 2021 |language=tr}}

In 1877, during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878), a city was founded and named "Turgutalp" after him in the then-Ottoman Empire.{{cn|date=April 2021}}

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Turgut Alp has been portrayed in the Turkish television series {{ill|Kuruluş "Osmancık"|tr}} (1988),{{cite web |title=Full Cast & Crew: Kurulus |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0484387/fullcredits/cast?ref_=m_tt_cl_sc |publisher=IMDb |access-date=20 January 2021}} Diriliş: Ertuğrul (2014—2019) and Kuruluş: Osman (2019—).{{cite news |last1=Sikander |first1=Sana |title=Marriage proposals from Pakistan pour in for 'Turgut Alp' |url=https://www.siasat.com/marriage-proposals-from-pakistan-pour-in-for-turgut-alp-1946512/ |access-date=26 December 2020 |work=The Siasat Daily |date=13 August 2020}}{{cite web |title=Turgut Bey kimdir? Kuruluş Osman Turgut Alp ölümü! Turgut Alp ve eşleri! Rüzgar Aksoy canlandırıyor! Rüzgar Aksoy diziden ayrıldı mı? |url=https://www.cnnturk.com/magazin/turgut-bey-kimdir-kurulus-osman-turgut-alp-olumu-turgut-alp-ve-esleri-ruzgar-aksoy-canlandiriyor-ruzgar-aksoy-diziden-ayrildi-mi |website=CNN TÜRK |access-date=30 April 2022 |language=tr |date=22 April 2022}}

• Köse Mihal
• Konur Alp
• Abdurrahman Gazi

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