Ertugrul Resurrection

• Since June 29, 2020 I have started watching Ertugrul Resurrection Season 1.
• Till today I have completed 66 episodes.
• Initially started watching on Netflix but then realised that those episodes were available on Youtube and so took Youtube Premium subscription to block ads and now downloading on Mobile and watching using Youtube.
  
• My target was 1 episode per day which means season 1 which contained 77 episodes should have got completed around this time.
• But I guess I am behind and it will take some more time to continue balance episodes of 11 number.
• But I could not wait anymore for writing a blog post about it.
• So my observations that is a very good show and everyone around the world can watch it.
• I have watched "Game of Thrones" and verily this Ertugrul can be compared to the very best in the world.
• While "Game of Thrones" or "Star Wars" is mostly fiction and shows supernatural or "mind blowing" technologies but this show is based on history and perhaps excluding Ibn-Arabi's visions most are real and nothing supernatural.
  
• This show is not just about Turkish history or Muslim history but it is part of collective human history.
• The story is about Kayi tribe which went on and establish one of the greatest empire the world has seen the Ottoman Empire which lasted around 500 years.
• If we see what is a Tribe? Tribe is something which is social and man is a social animal.
• India though it is diverse is also like a tribe, the "Indian Tribe"
• We share some common characteristics which makes us a "Tribe".
• We can learn a lot watching Ertugrul.
• We learn we are more like Turks then we would like to admit.
• Western concept of individualism have no meaning. 
• Family matters to us.
  
• In a tribe there are different peoples, some are fighters some are shephards some dye cloths or indulge in business and so on. Much like the "Caste system" of India.
  
• PM Imran Khan recommended Pakistanis to watch the series in the month of April.
• Also PM Modi has been pointed out that he is also sporting an Ertugrul beard.
  
• Earlier I used to think just Shia vs Sunni or Arabs vs Persians but it is not that simple.
• Turks have origin in mythical region in Central Asia and their Otuken mountains.
• I remember when Naughty Boy/Sam Smith video came out Sam Smith video they showed a mountain and that mountain was in Bolivia 
• https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/devilsminer/mountain.html
• This mountain is near the city of Potosi in Bolivia. The music video also deals with the Lord El Tio
  
• When the music video came out I was imagining that it was shot in Mongolia the location of legendary Otuken mountains and the El Tio shown in the music video was an ancient God.
• But it was Bolivia. And the music video was Native Americans plus Spanish origin.
• At the opposite end of the earth to where Mongolia is located which was South America.
• Seeing origins of Turks we can say they are closer to China and Russia through Central Asia then to Arabs who were based in Arabian peninsula, so what if they have embraced Islam
  
• But there is no doubt in Diliris Ertugrul.
• The Turks have origin in Central Asia.
• And due to their location, they came directly in the path of Crusaders who wanted a land based route through "Asia Minor" to Jerusalem.
• Yes people the entire Crusades and people flowing from Europe towards Middle East was for Holy Lands which is now areas surrounding Jerusalem which are the lands surrounding Israel and Palestine.
• The legendary Knights Templars who used to take drugs and give them to their prisoners and make them Assasins and they used to carry poison like Cyanide which they used to take when caught and people believed they worshiped Baphomet all is shown in the series.
• Land based route was through Asia Minor while sea routes were through Cyprus or Egypt.
  
• Much is there to learn from the show.
• The character of Kurdoglo is most complex. In fact one can write a full post on Kurdoglo.
• Kurdoglu used to think about benefit of tribe and so he orgainsed a "rebellion" or "coup of sorts" to take over power from Suleman Shah the father of Ertugrul.
  
• In Depeche Mode video "Try walking in my shoes, you'll stumble in my footsteps"  they have shown a mountain with a Castle
• In Ertugrul they show the Templar Castle at Amanous mountains.
•  Also we see hooded people walking around like we associate them to Middle Ages.
• The character of Mario is straight out of Middle Ages.
• Likewise several characters have their own stories. Unfortunately I cannot write about all of them.
• I will say just watch the series to get to know more about the characters.
• Character of Omar who was Claudius and converted after meeting Ibn-Arabi is also too good. 
• Also Aleppo is shown in the movie and feels much like the city which we romanticize about in "Arabian Nights".
• Arabian Nights is a collection of stories from Arab lands in Middle Ages.
• So far till Episode 66 they have shown areas around North East Syria and South Central Turkey.
• As the series progresses they would show Istanbul and Mongol invasions also.
• When the Kayis takeover Constantinople and convert it to Istanbul that would be a great feeling.
• I will say it was only due to Turkey and taking over of Constantinople and Asia Minor, Europeans were "forced" to "look elsewhere" to "fulfill their dreams". 
• That gave way to proceeding towards Americas and circumnavigating the globe and Colonialism where the might British Empire emerged and inter European rivalries led to World Wars.
• The loss of "Asia Minor" is the single biggest event in World history we realise after watching Ertugrul.
• So many things including colonisation of the world's vast territorries or emergence of Communism might not have happened if Europeans and Christians had not been defeated in the patch of territory known as Asia Minor.
  
• Though several attempts were made to "seize Turkey" through force like the "Battle of Gallipolli".
• Turkish War of Independence was the most decisive War in getting restoration of Turkey as a nation.
  
• More recently in 2016 there was attempted Coup in Turkey and I am glad it got failed.