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'''Seljuks in Dobruja''' refers to [[Seljuk Turk]]s settled at [[Dobruja]], now in [[Bulgaria]] and [[Romania]], in the 13th century. |
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==Background== |
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{{Main article|Seljuks of Turkey}} |
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Seljuk Turks in [[Anatolia]] (most of modern Turkey) were defeated by the [[Mongol Empire|Mongols]] in the [[Battle of Kösedağ]] (1243). During the rest of the century, they were more or less puppets of the Mongols. In 1257, the Mongols divided Seljuk lands between two brothers, [[Kaykaus II|Izzettin Keykavus II]] and [[Kilij Arslan IV|Kılıç Aslan IV]]. Moreover, İzzettin was forced to obey his younger brother. Although İzzettin tried to struggle, in 1262 he had to flee from [[Antalya]], a port in Seljuk territory to [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] territory with a large partisan group.<ref>Prof. Yaşar Yüce-Prof. Ali Sevim: ''Türkiye tarihi Cilt I'', AKDTYKTTK Yayınları, İstanbul, 1991 p 131</ref> |
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==Settlement in Dobruja== |
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[[Byzantine Emperor]] [[Michael VIII Palaiologos]], who had just recaptured [[Constantinople]] (modern İstanbul) from the [[Latin Empire]], was a relative of İzzettin. However, he had allied himself with the Mongols of Baghdad (who'll soon be called [[Ilkhanids]]) and instead of supporting İzzettin, he kept İzzettin as a refuge and settled İzzettin's partisans to the area between [[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]] in [[Bulgaria]] and the estuary of the [[Danube]] (1262–1263), a region which later on was named as [[Dobruja]] ({{lang-tr|Dobruca}}). After an unsuccessful revolt in Byzantine Empire, İzzettin fled to [[Crimea]], which was under [[Golden Horde]] rule. But his followers stayed in the area allocated to them. Their new leader was [[Sarı Saltık|Sarı Saltık Dede]], whose tomb is in [[Babadag]], modern [[Romania]].<ref name="Cambridge">Kate Fleet-Machiel Kiel:Cambridge History of Turkey Vol 1, Cambridge Press, {{ISBN|978-0-521-62093-2}} p.141</ref> |
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==Aftermath== |
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In 1307, a part of Dobruja Turks under Ece Halil<ref>Prof. Yaşar Yüce-Prof. Ali Sevim: ''Türkiye tarihi Cilt I'', AKDTYKTTK Yayınları, İstanbul, 1991 p 207</ref> returned to [[Anatolia]]. They settled in the northwest Anatolian beylik of [[Karesi]], which became later a part of the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref name="Cambridge"/> The rest stayed in Dobruja. While keeping their language, they converted to [[Christianity]]. They maintained their political independence from [[Second Bulgarian Empire]]. Their small principality of Dobruja lived until the Ottoman conquest in 1417.<ref name="Cambridge"/> They are believed to be the ancestors of modern [[Gagauz people]]. The name Gagauz may be a reminiscence of the name Kaykavus.<ref>Claude Cahen: Pre Ottoman Turkey (j.Jones Willims, Taplinger Publishing Co., New York, 1968, p.279</ref> |
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(This theory is one of the several theories about the origin of the Gagauz people) |
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==See also== |
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* [[Gagauz people#Seljuk (Anatolian) hypothesis|Seljuk (Anatolian) hypothesis for the origin of Gagauz people]] |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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*[https://archive.is/20130125234840/http://www.hristiyanturk.com/showthread.php?t=4594] |
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[[Category:Turkic peoples of Europe]] |
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[[Category:Oghuz Turks]] |
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[[Category:Ethnic groups in Romania]] |
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[[Category:Middle Eastern diaspora in Bulgaria]] |
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[[Category:Middle Eastern diaspora in Romania]] |
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[[Category:Medieval Dobruja]] |
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[[Category:13th century in Romania]] |
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[[Category:13th century in Bulgaria]] |
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[[Category:History of Dobruja]] |
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[[az:Dobruca bəyliyi]] |
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[[tr:Dobruca Beyliği]] |
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