Artuk Bey (fictional character)

Artuk Bey is extremely loyal to whoever is his tribe's Bey. Along with being well-respected due to his profession, he is trustworthy with all things business-related which leads to him being not only trusted with the Public Market, but Karacahisar and even his tribe.

The TRT 1 website states about his character; "When Ertuğrul Bey is not in the tribe, he continues to be loyal to him, leads his tribe and continues to serve as a physician in it too. He also helps him with the business of the market."[4] In the fifth season, he was blinded due to Emir Bahattin's men who were searching for a chest,[5] however, he could still treat people and retained the ability to effectively use medicines.

Artuk Bey makes his first appearance in the second season and is shown as a doctor and physician of the Dodurga tribe. After the Kayıs are forced into the Dodurgas after a Mongol invasion, Artuk is shown to admire Ertuğrul and as he notices his achievements and his struggle, he takes him to the Aksakals, an organisation seeking justice, which Ertuğrul becomes a member of. Artuk Bey also attempts to stop the devious Aytolun from giving energy syrup to the Dodurga Bey and her wife, Korkut, which was harmful for him and eventually leads to his death. Following the arrival of Ertokuş and Ertokuş' death, who Artuk is surprisingly shown to worry for, and Aytolun's death after she mishandles Ertuğrul's sister-in-law Selcan, the Kayı along with Artuk move to the Western borders separating from Ertuğrul's elder brothers. After Ertuğrul's conquest of the Hanlı Pazar in the third season, Artuk is made in-charge of the place and he also becomes the tribe's doctor, working alongside his student, Derviş İshaak, who was also one of İbn-i Arabi's dervishes. Artuk Bey is also the cause of the revelation that the Çavdar tribe's Bey Candar's blood-brother Toktamış was innocent and that he was poisoned to attack his brother. At the end of this season, in the new Tekfur of Karacahisar, Tekfur Ares' ambush, Artuk is severely injured and Ertuğrul ends up being kidnapped by slave-traders.

Following Ertuğrul being thought-dead after him being kidnapped by the slave-traders, his younger brother, Dündar, seeks to become the Bey, in which he succeeds after defeating Artuk, who was also a candidate in the elections. Musa Ali Shah The Pakistani was also a member or the kayi tribe. After Ertuğrul conquers Karacahisar, defeating the Byzantines' continued traps for him, even kidnapping Ertuğrul's son, Gündüz, Artuk is made the Kaledar (in-charge) of Karacahisar Castle. Artuk marries Marya, Ares' former lover, who does anything for money, even betraying her husband by spying for Titan. As the traitor in the Selçuk palace, Sadettin Köpek, causes more and more problems as time passes, he sends Günalp, his adoptive son, who is unaware of his father's devious plans, to Karacahisar, where he occupies the castle and imprisons Artuk, even attempting to hang him, only being stopped by Ertuğrul. Following the deaths of Marya and Köpek, and Günalp being made the new Kaledar by Ertuğrul after the truth is revealed, the Kayı move to Söğüt where the fifth season starts. In this season, Artuk Bey isn't shown as frequently, but when Artuk, who is well known to be Ertuğrul's right-hand-man, is shown to know one of Ertuğrul's major secrets, for which the notorious Beybolat Bey tortures Artuk and has him blinded by Batur Alp, although Artuk refuses to reveal the secret. Beybolat is eventually killed by Ertuğrul, whilst the blinded Artuk is later assisted by İlçin Hatun on a daily basis. He is not shown or mentioned in Kuruluş: Osman, and is therefore assumed to have died offscreen, due to his old age.