Ertugrul & Muslim Tours

On our Ertugrul & Muslim Tours, we will explore the Islamic heritages and the Tomb of Ertugrul Gazi. Ertugrul Ghazi is the father of the founder of the Ottoman Empire, Osman Ghazi.

There is information and historical facts about him that are kept in Turkish archives, within Ibn Arabi’s chronologies, in Western archives about Templars, in Byzantine’s chronologies, and in legends. But this information only amounts to around 7 pages of sources according to the actor Engin Altan Duzyatan, who gave life to this great character. Despite this Engin considers it a great privilege to play Ertugrul as he was the first person in Turkish history to move away from the nomadic lifestyle and look to establish a state that went on last 600 years.

We do know he was buried in Sogut in 1280. Around his tomb are graves of Halime Sultan, Hayme Mother, his sons, Gunduz, Savci Bey, Saru Batu and Osman, his brother Dundar, Turgut Alp, Samsa Alp, Abdurahman, and many others of his Alps. Who reached Sogut with Ertugrul Bey. The ones that were not buried there, died along the way.

On our historical Ertugrul & Muslim Tours, we will visit the Tomb of Ertugrul and lots of monuments which are tributed to him and scattered around the town. You will have some time to take photos as you are dressed up in costumes that resemble some characters from those days. Also on the way back to our way Istanbul, we will stop at Sapanca Lake for a tea stop and discover the amazing natural beauty.