Turkmens in Türkey Seljuk State Until the Battle Of K？sedagh

The Turkmens, who were the founders of the Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate, were the victims of changing politics after the Battle of Myriokephalon, while during the chaotic environment full of struggles in the first century of the sultanate, they were the favorites of Seljuk sultans. The breakdown began in the Battle of Myriokephalon. As in the Great Seljuk Sultanate, relations of the Turkmens with the sultans were broken in the Seljuk Sultanate of Anatolia as well. They showed their reactions by supporting Seljuk princes who had rebelled against the sultans. An example of this case happened during the civil war in 1188 when Kilij Arslan II was faced with his son Malikshah. The Turkmens took a stand here against the sultan. Despite everything, the victory of Myriokephalon attracted crowded Turkmen groups to Anatolia, and a great Turkmen migration took place from Azerbaijan and Georgia to the regions of Eastern and Central Anatolia, Syria and Al-Jazira. Likewise, those who had escaped from the Mongol invasion and came to Anatolia constituted quite crowded groups. Ala al-Din Kayqubad had sent the Seljuk army to Cilicia in order to find a place for these Turkmens and he tried to acquire new areas to settle them, while his son Kaykhusrav II did not make any attempts in this matter. In the end, as these Turkmens were suffering from the lack of pastures and financial difficulties, they started a great rebellion terrorized Anatolia as they followed Baba Rasul, who was promising them salvation. This was the last and greatest reaction of the Turkmens to the Seljuk Sultanate before the Battle of K？sedagh