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{{Short description|Brother of Osman I (died 1286)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Saru Batu Savcı Bey
| image              = Savcı Bey'in Mezarı.JPG
| caption            = Tomb of Savcı Bey in [[Söğüt]]<ref name="Foss">{{cite book |last1=Foss |first1=Clive |title=The Beginnings of the Ottoman Empire |date=2022 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780198865438 |pages=28–44 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4iFaEAAAQBAJ |access-date=9 October 2023}}</ref>
| birth_date         =
| birth_place        =
| death_date         = 1286
| death_place        = [[Domaniç]]
| death_cause        = Killed in battle<ref name="Foss" />
| resting_place      = [[Domaniç]], [[Söğüt]]
| nationality        = [[Oghuz Turks]]
| spouse             = Avna Hatun<ref>{{Cite web|title=KUTLU MELEK- domanicgazetesi.com|url=https://domanicgazetesi.com/2017/05/16/kutlu-melek/|access-date=2020-10-23|language=tr|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128082323/https://domanicgazetesi.com/2017/05/16/kutlu-melek/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| children           = Koca Saruhan Bey<br /> Suleyman Bey
| parents            = [[Ertuğrul|Ertuğrul Gazi]] (father)<br /> [[Halime Hatun]] (mother)
| relatives          = {{ubl
| [[Hayme Hatun]] (grandmother)
| [[Suleyman Shah]] or [[Gündüz Alp]] (grandfather)
| [[Gündüz Alp (son of Ertuğrul)|Gündüz Alp]] (brother)
| [[Osman I]] (brother)
}}
}}
'''Saru Batu Savcı Bey''' (died 1286)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Saru Batu Savci Bey|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Saru-Batu-Bey/6000000080085422775|access-date=2020-10-22|website=geni_family_tree|language=en-US}}</ref> was the older brother of [[Osman I]], the founder of the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref name=":1" /> He is known to be the most 'mysterious' of [[Ertuğrul]]'s children.<ref name=":0" />
== Name ==
It is unknown whether Ertuğrul actually had three or four children and it has confused many historians. This is because of the two names, Saru Batu and Savcı. Some historians combine the two names together while others don't.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Is Diriliş: Ertuğrul historically accurate? (Part 1 - The Kayi Tribe)|url=https://www.ammaribnazizahmed.com/home/is-dirilis-ertugrul-historically-accurate-part-1-kayi-tribe|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Ammar ibn Aziz Ahmed|language=en-GB}}</ref>
At Savcı Bey's mausoleum, there are two graves. One is marked as Saru Batu and another named Savcı, which creates this problem. However, in [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman tradition]], there is no reference to this at all.<ref name=":0" />
According to another source, Savcı was the nickname/title of Saru Batu. This was the title of someone who was a diplomat or administrator of a tribe. Savcı Bey had this post from the time of his father, Ertuğrul's leadership, and his brother, Osman's leadership.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-07-30|title=The Real History of Ertugrul|url=http://www.islamichistoryproject.com/2018/07/real-history-ertugrul|access-date=2020-10-22|website=Islamic History Project|language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Death ==
Saru Batu Savcı Bey died during the Battle of Domaniç which occurred in 1286 before the founding of the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref name="Foss" /> It is also known in ancient Ottoman sources as the {{ill|Battle of the Twins|tr|Domaniç Muharebesi}} ({{langx|tr|İkizce Savaşı}}, also known as the Battle of Domaniç). The Battle of Domaniç was a major turning point in the founding of the Ottoman Empire. This is why modern Turkish historians consider it the empire's first real war. This is the third Ottoman battle after the {{ill|Battle of Mount Armenia|tr|Ermeni Beli Muharebesi}} ({{langx|tr|Cebel-i Ermeniyye}}) in 1284 and the [[Siege of Kulaca Hisar]] at [[Tavas]] in 1285. According to the story Kuruluş : Osman (Establishment : Osman), Saru Batu Savcı Bey Died during the war with Kalanos, Aya Nikola's second confidant after Flatyos' death As a result of being killed by Saru Batu Savcı Bey himself
==Place of burial ==
[[Kayqubad I|Sultan Kayqubad I]] gave Ertuğrul, the village of [[Söğüt]] as a winter residence for the [[Kayı (tribe)|Kayı tribe]] which was warm to them and their animals. He gave them the [[Domaniç]] region for when it was cool. Saru Batu Savcı Bey was buried in the village of [[İkizce, Kaş|İkizce]] in Domaniç, where his grandmother, Ertuğrul's mother, [[Hayme Hatun|Hayme Ana]], was also buried near him in [[Çarşamba]]. His tomb was known to people as "Jad Bakr" ({{langx|tr|Bekir'in Dedesi}}).
== Family ==
[[File:Saru-batu-savci-bey-secere.jpg|thumb|Family tree of Saru Batu Savcı Bey]]
*{{anchor|[[Avna Hatun]]}}Savcı Bey, born to Ertuğrul,<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-12-16|title=Ertuğrul|url=https://cdn.islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/dosya/11/C11004200.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216203344/https://cdn.islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/dosya/11/C11004200.pdf|archive-date=16 December 2019|access-date=2020-12-19}}</ref> married Avna Hatun or Avna Sultan. Because of her having "Sultan" in her name, it is thought she was of some sort of royalty, however, there are no sources indicating this. She loved everyone and treated them equally while being extremely loving towards children, that is how she became Ana Sultan ({{Translation|Mother Sultan}}). She was also called Kutlu Melek for her kind personality which means "Blessed Angel". Avna became a [[martyr]] before her husband before the [[Siege of Kulaca Hisar]]. Savcı and Avna had two sons;
**{{anchor|Bayhoca}}Saruhan Bayhoca (sometimes called Saruhan Baykoca, Koca Saruhan bey and Hoca Saruhan bey) who died young in 1284, when his uncle Osman decided to face a Byzantine contingent that ambushed him.
**{{anchor|Süleyman Bey}}Süleyman Bey who outlived his parents and brother. He married his cousin Hatice Sultan, daughter of [[Orhan]]. They had two sons and two daughters:
*** Hamza Bey. He had a son, Mehmed Bey.
*** Mustafa Bey. He had a son, Osman Bey.
*** Ilaldi Hatun.
*** Fatma Hatun.
==Legacy==
[[File:Savcibey-Toren2010.jpg|thumb|Remembrance celebrations]]
=== Annual tradition ===
In August, a celebration in memory of him is held in [[Karaköy]] in [[Istanbul]], Turkey. In a video from 2019 the description is as follows: “Saru Batu Savci Bey, the son of Ertuğrul Gazi, was commemorated at the [[tomb]] of Karaköy in our district in the 732nd year of his [[martyr]]dom.” This means he died on 1287 AD, 732 years ago.<ref name=":0" />
=== Poems ===
There are also poems in the works titled “{{ill|Tevârîh-i Âl-i Osman|tr}}” ({{Translation|"The Chronicles of the House of Osman"}}) by [[Ibn Kemal|Ibn Kemal/Kemalpaşazâde (aka Şemseddin Ahmed)]]. These accounts may be unreliable but they mention that he died in the Battle of Domaniç ({{langx|tr|İkizce Savaşı}}).<ref name=":0" />
=== In popular culture ===
In the [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[Television show|television series]] ''[[Diriliş: Ertuğrul]]'', he is played by the Turkish actor, Kerem Bekişoğlu,<ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-07-13|title=Le Vénézuélien Maduro séduit par Erdogan " leader du nouveau monde multipolaire "|language=fr|work=Le Monde.fr|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2018/07/13/le-venezuelien-maduro-seduit-par-erdogan-leader-du-nouveau-monde-multipolaire_5330661_3214.html|access-date=2020-10-02}}</ref> and in the sequel to the show, ''[[Kuruluş: Osman]]'', he is played by [[Kanbolat Görkem Arslan]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kuruluş Osman Savcı Bey kimdir? Savcı Bey'i canlandıran Kanbolat Görkem Arslan kimdir, kaç yaşında, nereli?|url=https://www.takvim.com.tr/magazin/2020/10/07/kurulus-osman-savci-bey-kimdir-savci-beyi-canlandiran-kanbolat-gorkem-arslan-kimdir-kac-yasinda-nereli|access-date=2020-10-23|website=takvim.com.tr|language=tr}}</ref>
In ''Kuruluş Osman'', Yağızkan Dikmen appears as Bayhoca.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kuruluş Osman Bayhoca kimdir? Savcı Bey oğlu Bayhoca'yı kim oynuyor? Yağızkan Dikmen kimdir, kaç yaşında, nereli?|url=https://www.takvim.com.tr/magazin/2020/12/30/kurulus-osman-bayhoca-kimdir-savci-bey-oglu-bayhocayi-kim-oynuyor-yagizkan-dikmen-kimdir-kac-yasinda-nereli|access-date=31 December 2020|website=takvim.com.tr|language=tr}}</ref> Savcı Bey's wife also appears but is named as "Lena Hatun", portrayed by [[Seray Kaya]].<ref name="Lena">{{cite web|title=Kuruluş Osman Lena kimdir? Seray Kaya kaç yaşında? İşte oynadığı diziler|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/kelebek/televizyon/kurulus-osman-lena-kimdir-seray-kaya-kac-yasinda-iste-oynadigi-diziler-41630381|website=[[Hürriyet]]|date=7 October 2020|access-date=24 November 2020}}</ref>
== References ==
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