Ertugrul Ghazi

13 century leader of Oguz Kayı Boyu ,and is the founder of the Ottoman dynasty, Osman's father.

Willow arrive and settle in Anatolia
Which took place in 1243 after the Battle of Kösedağ began in Anatolia Mongol pressure increased.In parallel, the Byzantine territories had increased influx.As a result of the influx of Byzantine territory began to be established principalities end of the second ring.Which is the most powerful of these principalities and reigned Germiyanoğullarına Principality near Kutahya,By 1300, the conquests in western Anatolia towards the end of the third ring provides for the establishment of principalities.At the beginning of the Turks who settled in Willow neck there was Ertugrul Gazi.
Ertugrul Gazi connected to the neck in this region is not known exactly where and when and how.In 1299 his son, Osman, the Ottoman dynasty founded the Willow center.Ertuğrul Gazi, who died in Willow, a mausoleum built by his son, Osman is located.