Editing Ottoman Turks (section)

=== Migration to Anatolia from Central Asia ===
The Ottomans first became known to [[Occident|the West]] in the 13th century, when they migrated from their homeland in [[Central Asia]] westward to the [[Seljuk Sultanate of Rum]] in [[Anatolia]]. The Ottoman Turks established a [[Anatolian beyliks|beylik]] in Western Anatolia under [[Ertugrul]], the capital of which was {{lang|tr|[[Söğüt]]}}. Ertugrul, leader of the nomadic [[Kayı tribe]], first established a principality as part of the decaying [[Seljuk Empire]]. His son [[Osman I|Osman]] expanded the principality; the polity and the people were named "Ottomans" by Europeans after him ("Ottoman" being a corruption of "Osman"). Osman's son [[Orhan]] expanded the growing realm into an empire, taking [[Nicaea]] (present-day [[İznik]]) and crossed the [[Dardanelles]] in 1362. All coins unearthed in {{lang|tr|Söğüt}} during the two centuries before Orhan bear the names of [[Ilkhanate]] rulers. The Seljuks were under the suzerainty of the Ilkhanate, and later the Turco-Mongol conqueror [[Timur|Tamerlane]]. The Ottoman Empire came into its own when [[Mehmed the Conqueror|Mehmed II]] captured the reduced [[Byzantine Empire]]'s well-defended capital, [[Constantinople]] in 1453.<ref>Bréhier, Louis René. (1912). "[[wikisource:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Turkish Empire|Turkish Empire]]". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). ''Catholic Encyclopedia''. '''15'''. New York: Robert Appleton Company.</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Tolan, John |author2=Veinstein, Gilles |author3=Henry Laurens |title="Europe and the Islamic World: A History".|date=2013|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-0-691-14705-5|pages=67–68}}</ref>