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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.

































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