Ertugrul Ghazi Series

This is the great heroic story of Ertugrul Ghazi, the father of Osman who founded the Ottoman Empire. This series is created by Mehmet Bozdag (2014-19). The show is famous in Turkey & abroad particularly Pakistan and Azerbaijan but also has been banned in Arab countries and Fatawa has been issued against this show.

The Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Imran Khan praised the show and recommended people to watch it. Now officially, the series is broadcasting now on PTV in Urdu dubbing.

Nothing is known with certainty about Ertuğrul’s life, other than that he was the father of Osman; historians are thus forced to rely upon stories written about him by the Ottomans more than a century later, which are of questionable accuracy.

An updated coin, supposedly from the time of Osman, with the text “Minted by Osman son of Ertuğrul”, suggests that Ertuğrul was a historical figure. Another coin read “Osman bin Ertuğrul bin Gündüz Alp”, though Ertuğrul is traditionally considered the son of Suleyman Shah.