Sipahi

THE STORY OF A LIFE SPENT ON HORSE BACK
SIPAHI: ONE OTTOMAN CAVALRY...

1648 Anatolia... A people exhausted by rebellions... A capital city captured by incompetent ambitions... Groomed sipahis caught in the middle of such a rebellion... A love that ended in disaster …An endless blood feud…A ruthless sipahi lord: Süleyman…

17. The century coincides with a period of great social turmoil in the Ottoman geography and contains rich stories. Celali Rebellions left their mark on this period. The groomed cavalrymen, who constituted the backbone of the Ottoman army, were sometimes the suppressors and sometimes the causes of these rebellions.

Yaşar Metin Aksoy, one of the leading figures who devoted his life to keeping Turkish archery alive, created a period movie with this novel titled SIPAHİ-An Ottoman Cavalry. is pulling. It tells the story of the Sipahis in the 17th century in a unique style. The reader travels on horseback throughout the pages, witnessing vast geographies and unforgettable events...

During the stagnation period of the Ottoman Empire, Anatolian pashas surrounded themselves with armies. and sometimes conflict with the central government. In these turbulent years, the Governor of Sivas, Varvar Ali Pasha, who was provoked by Terekeci Ahmet Pasha, rebelled and became Celali. He wants to raid Istanbul and settle accounts with Terekeci Ahmet Pasha, with an army he has gathered around him and an alliance with other pashas close to him.

Süleyman, who is the Sipahi Bey in Amasya, will soon find himself and his men in this war finds it in the middle. After falling out with Nazım from Niksar, a former sipahi, he is forced to take sides in this conflict. He plays a major role in suppressing the rebellion and eventually the rebellion is suppressed. However, an account that was not closed during this rebellion will come to light years later...

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Dough Type: 2. Dough

Size: 13.5 x 21

First Printing Year: 2017

Number of Printings: 1. Printing