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Ballad of Feraye
İlyas, son of Yakup Bey who is the ruler of Menteşe Dynas- The father of Feraye consented for the marriage of his
ty, was a true lover of mountains. One day when he was in daughter. However, Mıstık, Feraye’s brother, objects the
a hunt in Marçal Mountains, he met Feraye, a Turkmen girl marriage saying: “How come might my sister have seen the
and fell in love with her. Yakup Bey tried to change his mind son of the bey (ruler) and gave an oath to him for marriage”.
saying that son of a bey (ruler) should marry daughter of Then, Feraye and İlyas, son of Bey, agreed on to meet un-
a bey (ruler); still, it was a worthless effort. Then, Bey of der the deep Kapuz (Mountain Pass). Tracing and following
Menteşe Dynasty had to travel all the way to Marçal Moun- Feraye, Mıstık catched her saying “How dare you escape
tains to ask permission of the girl’s family for her marrying from home for him”, pulled his dragger, stabbed her in the
with his son. He arrived to the nomad camping side of Turk- back and threw his sister Feraye down to the deep moun-
men ironsmith. He asked about their health and days first. tain pass. Then, the deep Kapuz (mountain pass) was named
Then, he started to express the reason for his visit. as “Bloody Pass” after that evil day. Seeing dead bodies of
Feraye and of Mıstık who committed suicide after killing his
“ We are here to pick the rose in your garden. “ sister, side by side, İlyas Bey composed a ballad. This ballad
has been played and sung for 800 years telling the story of
We are here to make our son as your son
Feraye in the strings of the musical instruments.
and to make your girl as our daughter.
100 A Journey to Muğla