Karakterler

Bamsı Beyrek

He is the hero son of Bay Büre Bey, blessed with superior qualities through deep prayers and holy gifts brought by merchants. His fate is always tested by dramatic breaks. In his youth, he mysteriously falls in love with Banı Çiçek while hunting (while he was the veiled warrior) and earns the right to marriage by battling her; however, just as he is about to reach the happy day, he rots in a dungeon for sixteen years due to an infidel raid. Thanks to his love and resilience, he escapes this dungeon and returns to his own tribe disguised as 'Deli Ozan' (Mad Minstrel), leading to tragicomic events. He eventually becomes a victim of loyalty; because he has sworn an oath to Salur Kazan, he does not join the rebellion and is treacherously martyred by Aruz Koca. He is the representative of the melancholic hero who died for his love and honor in the work.

Basat

Basat, the son of Aruz Koca, fell from his mother's shoulder when the Outer Oghuz infidels raided when he was three days old; he was found by a lion in the reeds, nursed, and raised. He grew up wild, following lion customs, far from human language; even though he was brought to the tribe, he would constantly roar and flee back to the lion's den in the mountains. Eventually, through Dede Korkut's spiritual healing, he integrated into human society. However, when Tepegöz began to destroy the Oghuz lands with his supernatural power, while all the other heroes were left helpless, he went alone and, with courage born from both his lion nature and human intellect, defeated the monster Tepegöz, finishing him off with his own sword and saving his tribe.

Burla Hatun

The wife of Salur Kazan and mother of Uruz; she is a powerful woman, tall and willow-waisted. She is a perfect reflection of the ideal woman in Oguz society. Beyond tending to the hearth of her home, she also possesses the characteristics of an Amazon warrior capable of riding horses and bearing arms alongside forty noble maidens. When they take the infidel camps captive and receive news of the danger that they might be fed her son's flesh, she is a self-sacrificing character who is resolute enough to accept eating her own son's flesh to avoid revealing herself among the forty concubines, and who holds her husband's honor above all else.

Dede Korkut

A legendary Oghuz sage, whose full name is Korkut Ata, who emerged from the Kayı tribe. He is the most esteemed figure who foretells the unseen, solves problems, and whose word is considered law within the Oghuz community. He gives young heroes their permanent names after they display their skills and achieve success. At the climactic points of the stories, he settles disputes or seals the event. He recites verses that recount lineages and clans, and carry the epics of heroes from generation to generation. He is a blended symbol of an Islamic saint figure and an ancient Turkic shaman leader.

Deli Dumrul

Deli Dumrul, son of Duha Koca, is a rebellious and arrogant character who does not care about law, order, or even death, to the extent of building a bridge over a dry stream and forcibly charging those who cross it. He reaches the pinnacle of arrogance by challenging Azrael when he arrives. However, upon realizing through a painful and terrifying experience that he is nothing before divine power, he kneels. When God orders him to find a life to replace his own, he witnesses the selfishness of his parents. He sees that his wife (Aykız), who offers her own life without batting an eye, is the one who truly loves him. The 140-year long life granted to both as a result of his wife's sacrifice and Dumrul's sincere prayer to Allah is the product of absolute loyalty.

Salur Kazan (Kazan Bey)

Salur Kazan, son of Ulaş, is a powerful warrior in the position of Beylerbeyi, the undisputed leader of the Inner Oghuz. He is a wealthy and open-handed person, central to events, who distributes his goods to the beys once a year without batting an eye. Although he performs great deeds of heroism, he sometimes succumbs to his excessive self-confidence, arrogance, or negligence, dragging himself and his family into great disasters (being taken captive, his tribe being raided). Yet, even in the most desperate situations, he averts disasters with his stubborn courage and the help of other Oghuz beys. While strictly devoted to his religion, he is a hero of transparent spirit who harbors extraordinary emotional attachments to his wife and child.