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Sögüt is a town and district of Bilecik Province
Bilecik Province

Bilecik is a province in midwest Turkey, neighboring Bursa Province to the east, Kocaeli Province and Sakarya Province to the north, Bolu Province to the west, Eskisehir Province to the southeast and K?tahya Province to the south, spanning an area of 4,307 km?....
 in the Marmara region of Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
. Sögüt has an area of and borders Bilecik
Bilecik

Bilecik is the provincial capital of Turkey's Bilecik Province.Along with its districts, it is the birthplace of the Ottoman Dynasty, whose members founded the Ottoman Empire....
 to the west, Gölpazari
Gölpazari

G?lpazari is a town and district of Bilecik Province in the Marmara Region region of Turkey....
 to the north, Inhisar
Inhisar

Inhisar is a town and district of Bilecik Province in the Marmara Region, Turkey region of Turkey....
 to the northeast, Eskisehir
Eskisehir

Eskisehir is a city in northwest Turkey and the capital district of Eskisehir Province. According to 2008 census, population of the district is 614,247 of which 599,796 live in the city of Eskisehir....
 to the southeast, and Bozüyük
Bozüyük

Boz?y?k is a town and district of Bilecik Province in the Marmara Region region of Turkey....
 to the southwest. The 2000 census put the population at 21,012 citizens, and according to a 2005 estimate, the population was about 22,000. Sögüt has 5 boroughs and 23 villages. Çalti and Küre, who are 2 of these villages, have a municipality.






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Sögüt is a town and district of Bilecik Province
Bilecik Province

Bilecik is a province in midwest Turkey, neighboring Bursa Province to the east, Kocaeli Province and Sakarya Province to the north, Bolu Province to the west, Eskisehir Province to the southeast and K?tahya Province to the south, spanning an area of 4,307 km?....
 in the Marmara region of Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
. Sögüt has an area of and borders Bilecik
Bilecik

Bilecik is the provincial capital of Turkey's Bilecik Province.Along with its districts, it is the birthplace of the Ottoman Dynasty, whose members founded the Ottoman Empire....
 to the west, Gölpazari
Gölpazari

G?lpazari is a town and district of Bilecik Province in the Marmara Region region of Turkey....
 to the north, Inhisar
Inhisar

Inhisar is a town and district of Bilecik Province in the Marmara Region, Turkey region of Turkey....
 to the northeast, Eskisehir
Eskisehir

Eskisehir is a city in northwest Turkey and the capital district of Eskisehir Province. According to 2008 census, population of the district is 614,247 of which 599,796 live in the city of Eskisehir....
 to the southeast, and Bozüyük
Bozüyük

Boz?y?k is a town and district of Bilecik Province in the Marmara Region region of Turkey....
 to the southwest. The 2000 census put the population at 21,012 citizens, and according to a 2005 estimate, the population was about 22,000. Sögüt has 5 boroughs and 23 villages. Çalti and Küre, who are 2 of these villages, have a municipality. Sögüt 31 km away from Bilecik and 52 km away from Eskisehir. She depends economically to Eskisehir.

History

Sögüt was a Seljuk Turkish tribe in western Anatolia
Anatolia

Anatolia or Asia Minor is a region of Western Asia, comprising most of the modern Republic of Turkey. It is a geographic region bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Caucasus to the northeast, the Aegean Sea to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Iranian plateau to the east and southeast....
 that later gave birth to the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
. It was a small but sophisticated tribe (in comparison with other Turkish tribes of the time) that extended from the Kayi branch of the Seljuk Turks that in the 12th and 13th centuries invaded Anatolia
Anatolia

Anatolia or Asia Minor is a region of Western Asia, comprising most of the modern Republic of Turkey. It is a geographic region bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Caucasus to the northeast, the Aegean Sea to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Iranian plateau to the east and southeast....
. The village of Sögüt was surrounded by three greater Turkish tribes; Eskenderum in the north, Eskisehir in the east, Konyali in the south; and with the Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
 in the west. Legend has it that the bey (chief) of the tribe in the late 13th century, Ertugrul
Ertugrul

This article is about the Ottoman leader Ertugrul. For the Ottoman frigate, see Ertugrul .Ertugrul, called Virile Falcon , also Ertogrul , was the father of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire....
, bravely kept the enemies at bay so that his son, Osman
Osman I

Osman IOsman Gazi or Othman I El-Gazi Ottoman Turkish language: ????? ?? ??????, or Osman Bey or I.Osman or Osman Sayed II) was the leader of the Ottoman Turks, and the founder of the Ottoman dynasty that established and ruled the Ottoman Empire....
, could conquer them all during his reign, 1299 to 1324. When Osman's son, Orhan
Orhan I

Orhan I , was the second Bey, or chief, of the nascent Ottoman Empire from 1326 to 1359. He was the son of Osman I, and his mother was Kamariya Sultana Mal, daughter of Abdulaziz Bey....
, came to power after his father's death he renamed the tribe Osmanli
Ottoman Dynasty

File:Barber cape.jpgThe Ottoman Dynasty ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922, beginning with Osman I , though the dynasty was not proclaimed until Orhan Bey declared himself sultan....
 in honour of his father. The village of Sögüt (formerly Thebasion until 1231) later grew into a town that served the Osmanli tribe as capital until the capture of the Byzantine city of Prusa
Bursa, Turkey

Bursa is a List of cities in Turkey in northwestern Turkey and the seat of Bursa Province. With a population of 2,562,828 , it is Turkey's list of cities in Turkey, as well as one of the most industrialized and culturally charged metropolitan centers in the country....
 in 1325 when the capital was moved to the far more luxurious palaces of the Byzantines.

Sögüt was the birthplace of Sultan Osman I
Osman I

Osman IOsman Gazi or Othman I El-Gazi Ottoman Turkish language: ????? ?? ??????, or Osman Bey or I.Osman or Osman Sayed II) was the leader of the Ottoman Turks, and the founder of the Ottoman dynasty that established and ruled the Ottoman Empire....
. It was conquered by Ertugrul
Ertugrul

This article is about the Ottoman leader Ertugrul. For the Ottoman frigate, see Ertugrul .Ertugrul, called Virile Falcon , also Ertogrul , was the father of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire....
 for the Anatolian Seljuks from the Nicean Empire in 1231. It was called Thebasion before the Turkish conquest.

Today

Today Sögüt is a small town in the humid river valley of Bilecik Province
Bilecik Province

Bilecik is a province in midwest Turkey, neighboring Bursa Province to the east, Kocaeli Province and Sakarya Province to the north, Bolu Province to the west, Eskisehir Province to the southeast and K?tahya Province to the south, spanning an area of 4,307 km?....
 in Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
. Turkish history
History of Turkey

The History of Turkey may refer to:* History of the Turkic peoples, a broad linguistic group* History of the Turkish people, the people who presently live in, or are from, Turkey...
 and life-size statues of the Ottoman
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
 sultan
Sultan

Sultan is an Islamic honorifics, with several historical meanings. Originally it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", or "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ???? sulah, meaning "authority" or "power"....
s are exhibited in the Sögüt Ethnographical Museum. It is also the 3rd biggest district center in its province after Bozüyük
Bozüyük

Boz?y?k is a town and district of Bilecik Province in the Marmara Region region of Turkey....
 and Bilecik
Bilecik

Bilecik is the provincial capital of Turkey's Bilecik Province.Along with its districts, it is the birthplace of the Ottoman Dynasty, whose members founded the Ottoman Empire....
. Market of her is open every Thursday and some people visit the city from districts of Inhisar
Inhisar

Inhisar is a town and district of Bilecik Province in the Marmara Region, Turkey region of Turkey....
 and Yenipazar
Yenipazar, Bilecik

Yenipazar, formerly Kirka, is a town and district of Bilecik Province in the Marmara Region region of Turkey....
 for shopping.

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