Söğüt region

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The Söğüt region is a historic area in northwestern Anatolia known as the early homeland and power base of the Ottoman dynasty.

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Söğüt region canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
historic region
associatedWith Ertuğrul
Osman I
Ottoman Empire
commemoratedBy annual Ertuğrul Gazi festivals
country Turkey
countryAtOttomanFoundation Anatolian frontier
culturalHeritage Ottoman founding legends
türbes of early Ottoman figures
earlyHomelandOf Ottoman dynasty
formerRulers Byzantine Empire
Ottoman beylik
linked to: Ottoman Beylik

Seljuk Sultanate of Rum
hasSettlement Söğüt town
linked to: Söğüt
heritageStatus site of Ottoman foundation memorials
historicalEra early 14th century
late 13th century
historicalPopulation Byzantine Christians
Turkoman tribes
historicalSignificance birthplace of Ottoman beylik
origin area of Ottoman expansion
knownFor symbolic origin of Ottoman state
tombs of Ertuğrul and early Ottomans
languageHistorically Greek
Old Anatolian Turkish
locatedIn Bilecik Province
Marmara Region
northwestern Anatolia
linked to: Western Anatolia
locatedNear Bilecik
Domaniç region
İznik
modernAdministrativeCenter Söğüt District
nearRiver Sakarya River
partOf Anatolia
Byzantine–Seljuk frontier zone
powerBaseOf Ottoman dynasty
presentDayLanguage Turkish
regionType rural
religionHistorically Sunni Islam
strategicRole frontier between Byzantines and Turks
terrain hilly steppe
usedAs frontier principality center
usedFor pastoral nomadism

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Referenced by (4)

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Kayı tribe migratedTo Söğüt region
Saru Batu Savcı Bey associatedWith Söğüt region
Alaeddin residence Söğüt region