Political influences of Danishmendli Principality on Turkiye Seljuk State

At the beginning of the 10th century, Turks shaped the history of the world with their expansionist policies from east to west in the name of homeland and Islamization in Anatolia. Sultan Alparslan, ruler of the Great Seljuk State, and his glorious army had broken the power of the duchy and principalities that reigned until that time, when the battle of Malazgirt ended with victory, almost as if it had struck its authority in Anatolia. A second coup on this coup was to establish dominance in the regions conquered by the leading commanders by organizing conquests to Anatolia on the orders of Sultan Alparslan and to establish the settlement policy of the Turks who migrated in large numbers and to ensure the spread of Turkish-Islamic culture. After the victory of Malazgirt, Kutalmisoglu Suleyman Şah, who belonged to the Seljuk dynasty immediately after the death of Sultan Alparslan' in 1072 and whose genius uncle's son Kutalmisoglu Suleyman Şah went to Istanbul in 1075 (some sources gave it as 1077), went to Istanbul and laid the foundations of the Türkiye Seljuk State, which conquered Iznik. The principalities that grew with this independent state established in Anatolia increased the power of the Seljuks and stamped the seal of domination of the Turk in jihad. Byzantine, on the other hand, asked the Papacy for help, fearing that the loss of Iznik would be lost, that Istanbul would be lost and that ancient Rome would be destroyed. In order to end the Turks'presence in Anatolia, the Byzantine Emperor L. Aleksios Komnenos wrote a letter in 1095 informing him that he could not expel these warrior Turks who had settled in the Byzantine lands alone from Anatolia, that the Christian subjects were under pressure from the Turks and that this situation was under control. Pope Urbanus II immediately convened the council and delivered a callous sermon declaring that Istanbul, one of the most important trade centers and pilgrimage centers, was under threat and that Anatolia and Jerusalem were the right of Christians. After all, he established a great crusader army with this sermon, which contained sensitive feelings. In 1097, the Crusaders came to Istanbul and took Iznik from the Seljuks and moved it to Konya, the capital of the Seljuks. With the onset of the crusades, the struggle to expand the dominance between the principalities in Anatolia was paused for a while and an alliance was formed against the Crusaders, who came in successive downpours. Although this alliance was broken by the anatolian Seljuk State and the Danishmendli Principality from time to time with the desire to be the only power in Anatolia, they always joined forces against the Crusaders in order to ensure Turkish domination in Anatolia and to be monolithic in the face of the enemy, and they succeeded superiorly by not losing the Merzifon, Konya, Eregli to the enemy. The Anatolian Seljuk State and the Danishmendians who united against the crusaders will also be the main subject of our research as they are fighting each other in order to be the only power in Anatolia. This struggle was related when emir Ghazi of Danishmen gave his daughter to Masoud, a member of the Seljuk dynasty; The Danishmendians gained a political advantage over the Anatolian Seljuk State when he ascended the throne by supporting his son-in-law Masoud against Sahin Shah, who was on the Seljuk throne. Built on political interests, this kinship gave the Danish dynasty the power to dominate the Seljuks for a long time and to interfere in the internal affairs of the state. The authoritarian policy of Emir Gazi of Danishmend has made the Danishmend dynasty a superior power in Anatolia. Masoud, who is the Seljuk Sultan of Anatolia, has not seriously attempted to oppose this politics of his father-in-law Emir Gazi, who has a say in the internal affairs of his state. With the death of Emir Gazi, Sultan Masoud was freed from the authority established by the Danishmendians on the state and put his own politics into practice. Although the Seljuk alliance continued during the reign of Melik Mohammed, who took over the dynasty after Emir Gazi, the Danishmend dynasty gradually began to fall into arms with the death of Melik Mohammed. The dynasty, which was divided into three branches, Kayseri, Sivas Malatya center, never regained its former strength and was eventually eliminated by Sultan Kilicarslan II. Anatolia-Turkish and Turkish culture is very important to establish Islam, conquest and settlement, which try to establish to regulate the political authority received from these two clans on each other, "the government of Turkey on the political effects of the Seljuk Sultanate Danismendli named" Master's thesis consists of six chapters. In the first chapter; "The Origin and Foundation of the Danishmendli Principality". In the second part; "The Origin and Foundation of the Seljuk State of Turkey". In the third chapter; Political Relations Between the Anatolian Seljuk State and the Danishmend People". Anadolu Selcuklu State and the Danishmend People Dec. In the fourth part; "The Political Superiority Established by the Danishmendli Principality in Anatolia and over the Anatolian Seljuk State". Anadolu Selcuklu Principality. In the fifth chapter; "II. Anadolu selcuklu No. Period Danismendli relations with the state of the principality" and finally, the sixth section; "danismendli status after the fall of the dynasty, titled" were discussed.