Diriliş: Ertuğrul

Seeking to solve the unrest, Suleyman Shah sends Ertuğrul on a mission to find a new place for the nomad group to settle. He specifically sends Ertuğrul and his three friends Turgut, Bamsi and Doĝan to seek an agreement with the Sultan; an event that sets off the chain of events that ultimately lead to the founding of the Ottoman Empire.

In the second season, Ertuğrul is captured by the Mongols, led by Baycu Noyan. Meanwhile, the Kayi Tribe led by Hayme Ana seeks refuge with the Dodurga, led by Korkut Bey, her brother. Ertuğrul's escape from the Mongols and subsequent return to his tribe creates internal strife between him and his cousin Tugtekin, the head alp of the Dodurga. Meanwhile, Aytolun (Hayme Ana's sister in law - Korkut Bey's second wife), plots behind his back to help her brother Gumustekin become the margrave with the help of Emir Sadettin Kopek. Later Abdurrahman Alp kills her. The tension is further escalated with the arrival of Sungurtekin, Ertugrul's long lost brother. After defeating Gumustekin and Noyan, the tribe is split between joining Ertuğrul on the Western border of Anatolia, or staying with Gundogdu and Sungurtekin. Moreover, till that time Ertuğrul's uncle and cousin tugtekin are dead . In the end, Ertuğrul, his brother Dundar, Halime Sultan, and Hayme Ana, along with 400 other people journey to the western edge of Anatolia, leaving behind the rest of the Kayi Tribe.

In the third season, Ertugrul deals with the Cavdar tribe, the most powerful tribe in the western region of Anatolia. Led by Candar Bey and his children Ural, Aslihan, and Aliyar, the Cavdars are very skilled at trading. However, Ural is devious and seeks his father's beylik, and does anything to achieve this. Following Ertugrul's conquest of the Hanli Bazar, Ural Bey is sentenced to death for his role in destroying property, killing Ertugrul's Alps, and killing the Tekfur of Karacahisar. With the help of Emir Sadettin Kopek, Ural is freed and seeks help from Vasiliyus the new commander of Karacahisar, who seeks a bloody war with the Turks. During absence of Ertugrul and cavadar's new bey Aliyar, Ural tries to become bey of his tribe but is defeated and killed.Ertugrul bands together with Aliyar Bey to defeat Vasiliyus, but Aliyar Bey dies along the way. Savci, Etugrul's son is born and Bamsi marries Helena who later becomes Muslim and changes her name from Helena to Hafsa Hatun. The Seljuk Sultan comes to examine his western borders, and vasiliyus tried to capture him, but is killed by Ertugrul in a combat. To strengthen his ties with the Cavdars, Ertugrul requests Turgut to marry Aslihan, who accepts. Ertugrul is also given the title of Uc Bey by Sultan Alaeddin, which angers Kopek who vows to destroy Ertugrul. In the end, Erugrul is sent by Sultan to protect his eastern borders from Mongols but is captured by some slave traders.

In the fourth season, the Kayilar mourn Ertugrul's death. Aslihan deals with the arrival of Bahadir Bey, her uncle who seeks her beylik. Meanwhile, Ertugrul is actually alive and captured by a slave trader. Dundar becomes the bey of the Kayilar and tries to sell Hanli Bazar and move back to Gundogdu's tribe, but is stopped by the appearance of Ertugrul. Ertugrul banishes Dundar and reclaims Hanli Bazar and declares war on the Byzantines after his son Gunduz is kidnapped by Ares. After Bahadir Bey's treachery, Ertugrul executes him and conquers Karacahisar, leaving Ares to go on the run. The conquest of Karacahisar leads to Ertugrul making a move against Kopek, whose treachery threatens the Seljuk state. Following a failed ambush, Ertugrul captures Ares and promises to set him free if he confesses to the Sultan about Kopek's misdeeds. The plan nearly works, however, Kopek is saved by the Sultan's wife Mahperi Hatun, who seeks to make her son Giyaseddin the Sultan. Kopek is exiled, and sends his men after Ares, who is saved when Erturgrul shows up. Ares converts to Islam and becomes Ahmet, and serves as a spy for Ertugrul. Kopek misplays this attack and the Sultan requests a meeting with Ertugrul, who explains everything to him.. However, the Sultan is poisoned by this meeting by Kopek, and dies in the hands of Ertugrul. Giyaseddin becomes the new Sultan and imprisons Ertugrul until Ibn Arabi rescues him. Meanwhile, Gunalp Bey, Kopek's adopted son captures Karacahisar and Ertugrul's alps and tries to have them executed, only to be stopped by Ertugrul. Ertugrul attempts to convince Gunalp of Kopek's wrongdoings, but fails. Kopek kills Giyaseddin's brother Kilic Arslan and seizes power in the palace. Giyaseddin issues an execution warrant for Kopek, who has enough power now to become the sultan. Aslihan Hatun takes Aliyar's sword and secretly leaves the tribe with the intention to kill Kopek. She fails causing her death and Sadettin to nearly die. With the help of Sungurtekin and Husamettin Karaca, Ertugrul chops off Kopek's head in an epic showdown. The feasts begin, but are cut short with Halime's death following Osman's birth. The Mongols start to make a move on Anatolia and Ogedei Han sends Baycu Noyan, back from the dead, as an envoy to the Seljuk. Noyan and Ertugrul team up to deliver a peace treaty, but it is broken when Ogedei dies. Noyan's sister, Alangoya, infiltrates the Kayi tribe and causes chaos, only to be killed by Hayme Ana. Noyan makes a move on Anatolia, and the Kayilar move to Sogut at the end of the season. Noyan dies

The fifth season takes place 10 years after the Battle of Kose Dag, where the Mongols took over the Seljuk state. The arrival of the new tax collectors, the Umurogullari, disrupts the balance of Sogut. Umur Bey's daughter, Ilbilge Hatun, infiltrates the Kayi tribe to gain information on Ertugrul, and falls in love with him. Meanwhile, Commander Dragos, a disgraced Byzantine warrior seeks to conquer Sogut. He kills Umur Bey and frames Gunduz Alp, pitting two tribes against each other.

Emir Bahattin's presence serves to disrupt Ertugrul's plans against the Mongols. Following Gunduz's acquittal after the truth about Dragos is revealed, Beybolat Bey arrives. As the son of Umur Bey and Bey of the Umuroğlu after his father's death he is a Seljuk assassin that works with the Mongols to wipe out rebelling Oğuz Tribes, under a fake name Albaşti. Ertugrul's brothers are on the run from Albasti and hide in the mountains. Beybolat seeks to marry Ilbilge with Bahattin, but his plans are ruined when Ertugrul asks her for marriage, and she accepts.

Ertugrul raids the Mongols and steals the tax gold in order to start a huge war. This leads to Emir Bahattin's death with Albasti and Dragos still at large. Ertugrul survives an assassination attempt when Zangoc (the real Dragos) saves him from the assassin's arrows. Ertugrul now suspects Zangoc of being Dragos and tasks Mergen to track him. Hulagu Han sends Commander Alincak and Subutay to raid the Kayi tribe. They capture the family, make Beybolat the Bey, Artuk Bey the new bey of the Kayilar, and command Ertugrul to hand over the chest or else they take Osman's life. Ertugrul refuses to hand over the chest, allies with Dragos and Lefke Castle, and tasks Ilbilge Hatun with spying for him in the tribe.

Sirma Hatun becomes the head hatun of the Kayi, angering Selcan who fights and assaults her. Suleyman is imprisoned by Beybolat for speaking out against his beylik, but escapes with Ilbilge's help. Ertugrul and his alps intercept a message from Hulagu Han and change it, saving Lefke Castle from being conquered. Ertugrul learns the location of his son by eavesdropping on a meeting between Uranos and Alincak, and saves him from becoming a Mongol slave. Then, Ertugrul trades the chest (the real contents of which he took, and replaced instead with falsified documents) for the right to his tribe back, and humiliates Alincak. When he realizes Alincak is going after Sultan Izzettin Kaykavus, Ertugrul rescues him and pins the blame on Berke Han, the leader of the Golden Horde. He gives the location to Kaykavus to Alincak in exchange for Gundogdu's pardon, which would allow him to restore his tribe.

Subutai falls in the trap Ertugrul set and is killed, along with Yinal, Beybolat's head alp. Ertugrul retakes Sogut and his beylik back and removes all the Umur alps and flags. Beybolat, angry at Ertugrul, kidnaps his nephew Suleyman and kills him under the guise of Albasti. Alincak captures Mergen, who he realizes is a spy, and tortures him until Ertugrul rescues him. During the fight between Ertugrul and his alps and Alincak and Albasti, Bamsi comes late, which results in Alincak escaping and Gunduz getting injured.

Bamsi's head alp title is taken away and given to Abdurrahman. Beybolat tasks Sirma with stirring conflict between Hafsa and Selcan, which works. Ertugrul plots with Uranos to get rid of Alincak and successfully traps him. However, Dragos makes a deal with Beybolat to get rid of Ertugrul. Ertugrul tortures Alincak to tell him who Albasti is. Meanwhile, Hafsa and her kids are attacked by Albasti's men, who kidnap Aybars. Ertugrul sets a trap for Zangoc, knowing he is conspiring with Lefke Castle, but it is unknown that the bellringer is the real Dragos. Ertugrul traps Uranos and captures him, asking him to tell him who the real Dragos is. The bellringer is put in prison, but escapes by killing Oguz Alp. Bamsi goes after Aybars but is trapped by Albasti's men. Beybolat shows up and kills the fake Albasti, thinking he fooled Ertugrul. Bamsi disobeys orders and kidnaps Alincak to give to Dragos, who has Aybars. Ertugrul saves Bamsi from Dragos's trap, kills Alincak, and captures Dragos. After suspecting Beybolat, he puts a plan in motion to prove he is Albasti.

Beybolat makes a deal with Dragos that will help him escape from Ertugrul. On the day of Dragos's execution, Beybolat betrays Dragos and helps Ertugrul and his alps kill Dragos's men who infiltrated Sogut. Ertugrul kils Dragos. Bamsi, who was repenting in the Sogut mosque, is injured severely during the fight, but survives and is forgiven by Ertugrul. Ertugrul meets with Ilbilge, and both realize that Beybolat is Albasti. Ertugrul and Ilbilge set a trap for Beybolat and confront him while Turgut and the alps take care of Batur Alp and the rest of Albasti's men. Beybolat reveals himself to be Albasti, shocking Ilbilge and infuriating Ertugrul. Ertugrul engages in battle with Beybolat and Gundogdu makes an appearance, injuring Beybolat. Beybolat, to escape, jumps off a cliff into a river below and floats downstream unconscious. He is rescued by Arikbuka, a commander of Hulagu Han, feared spy, and blood brother of Alincak.

Ertugrul makes Ilbilge the Bey of the Umurogullari and tells her that he will fulfill his promises. Ertugrul and Gundogdu make plans to negotiate with Berke Han to start a war with the Mongols. Mergen is tailed by Arikbuka when meeting with Berke Han's men and unknowingly leads them to Ertugrul's meeting place. A battle ensues between the Mongols and Beybolat on one end and Ertugrul and his alps on the other. Bamsi finds traces of arrows used to rescue Beybolat and brings them to Gundogdu, who identifies them as Arikbuka's and sets off to rescue Ertugrul. Dumrul and Mergen are killed in the battle, with Turgut severely injured by Beybolat and near dead, and Ertugrul severely injured and captured. Gundogdu reaches the battlefield and realizes that Turgut is injured severely. Melikshah takes Turgut to the tribe, while Abdurrahman tells Ilbilge Hatun that Ertugrul was captured. Gundogdu, Bamsi, Gunduz, and Gunkut set off to look for Ertugrul. Arikbuka and Albasti question Ertugrul, who reveals that Albasti tried to kill Alincak. Enraged, Arikbuka nearly draws his sword against Beybolat, but stops himself, to Ertugrul's displeasure. Arikbuka is informed that Gundogdu is searching for them and plans a trap.

Sirma meets with Umurogullari beys to try and usurp the beylik from Ilbilge and reinstate Beybolat. Albasti is ambushed by Ilbilge and Abdurrahman while taking Ertugrul to Arikbuka's secret cave. Ertugrul kills Beybolat and tells Ilbilge to take the corpse to her tribe. Gundogdu falls into Arikbuka's trap and is poisoned with gas. Ertugrul saves him and Arikbuka goes on the run. Ilbilge brings back the corpse of Beybolat and clamps down on her tribe, enraging Sirma. Ertugrul and his alps come back to the Kayi camp and Ertugrul reunites with a now healed Turgut.

Artuk Bey bring word from the white beards, who meet with Ertugrul and tell him about an important shipment going towards Anatolia. They also reveal that there is a Mongol spy near Berke Han. Sirma plots with Taskun Bey to take the Beylik when Ilbilge opens the position. Ilbilge nominates Battal Bey, who loses to Taskun Bey who paid off the other Beys. Taskun Bey then proposes to Sirma Hatun while Ilbilge connects the dots. Bamsi, Gunkut, and Gunduz infiltrate the caravansary and learn about the Mongol spy. Gundogdu and Turgut go to take the gold on behalf of Ertugrul, but are trapped by Arikbuka's men. They fend them off but the gold is missing.

Ertugrul encounters Arikbuka and is led to a trap while trying to question him about the spy. Bamsi, Gunkut, and Gunduz rescue Ertugrul from Arikbuka's trap, who escapes. Gundogdu and Turgut find the gold and secure it. Ertugrul chases after Arikbuka but is misled by a look alike. Ilbilge is removed from her position by Taskun Bey and Sirma, and suspects something is wrong. Gundogdu and Turgut return to the tribe to hear the news of the Umurogullari elections, and decide to meet with Taskun Bey. Ilbilge follows Sirma and sees her meeting with a Mongol spy at Beybolat's grave. Taskun Bey angers Gundogdu and Turgut when he says that he will continue to collect taxes for the state.

Ertugrul ventures to meet Berke Han with his alps to bring news of the situation in Anatolia and to tell him of a spy. Berke Han is misled by the spy, who is his closest advisor. Gundogdu and Selcan leave the tribe when news from Sungurtekin arrives saying that Dundar is taking care of an injured Iltekin and they are needed in their camp. Gundogdu says Dundar will come back to Ertugrul's camp. Turgut and Ilbilge lay an ambush for the Mongol spy and capture him. Ertugrul meets with Berke Han and nearly fails before telling him of the spy. The two create a plan to isolate the vizier who is the traitor. Turgut and Ilbilge arrive back at the camp with the spy, and question him, and he reveals that Sirma and Taskun Bey are traitors.

Turgut kills Taskun Bey and Sirma is left imprisoned in her tent. Ertugrul and his alps fall into Arikbuka's trap but are saved by Berke Han who reveals that they tricked the spy. A fight ensues and Arikbuka walks away again. Sirma Hatun confronts Ilbilge and poisons her, but is killed by a dying Ilbilge. Ilbilge is taken to the Kayi tribe where Artuk Bey revives her. The spy and Arikbuka create a trap but are foiled and killed by Berke Han and Ertugrul. Ertugrul marries Ilbilge and the show ends with the alps with Ertugrul leading riding their horses into war while Osman picks up Suleyman Shah's sword and says he will carry the resurrection and the Kayi flag all over the world.

The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, praised the show publicly and recommended people in Pakistan to watch it.[23] Requesting the state-owned Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) to dub the Turkish series into Urdu and broadcast it on TV, he commented that the series promoted an understanding of Islamic history, culture, values and ethics. PTV secured television rights for the series from TRT, and the first episode was eventually aired in Pakistan on the first day of Ramadan (24 April) in 2020.[24][25][26][27]

The show is called Ertugrul Ghazi in Pakistan,[28] and was noted to be a major success there particularly due to Khan's recommendation, and also partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine. PTV's YouTube channel for the series had gained over 5 million subscribers as of June 2020.[29][3][4][30] According to PTV, the series in Urdu had acquired a viewership of over 130 million people as of mid-May.[31] Several of the actors expressed gratitude for the attention from Pakistani fans, Engin Altan Düzyatan and Esra Bilgiç adding that they would like to visit the country.[32][33]

The series is also watched by Indian Muslims in large numbers and it is also quite popular in Kashmir where people see it as inspiration to their freedom struggle despite internet shutdowns.[34] A Kashmiri public relations professional said "Every Kashmiri must watch it. A small tribe of 2,000 people triumph. It's inspirational. If you have a goal and the will to achieve it, nothing can come in your way."[34]

On February 10, 2020, Diriliş: Ertuğrul was banned in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE directly. Watching this series from Egypt's Fatwa section has been declared forbidden. Fatwa Department also targeted Turkey's President Erdoğan in a statement, stating that his intention was to restore the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East and restore sovereignty over the Arab countries that had previously been under Ottoman rule.[35] Despite the ban, the series remained quite popular in these countries.[36]