The Battle of Serman/Seryan (514/1120) a Breaking Point in Mangujakid - Artukid - Seljukid - Danishmendid - Byzantin Relations in Turkey of the Principaties Period

Thanks to the Turkoman raids that started in Anatolia before the Battle of Manzikert, the Turkmen population, who first accumulated in eastern Anatolia, began to settle in the regions where they would live their pasture-winter life together with the principalities established after the Battle of Manzikert. While the principalities of Saltukids, Mangujakids and Danishmendids were established in northeastern Anatolia right after the war, principalities such as Sokmanids/Ahlatshahs, Dilmachids, Artuklular, Chubukids, Yinalids and Kizilarslanids were formed in southeastern Anatolia after the interregnum of the Seljuk State. After the threat of the Turkish Seljuk State and the Crusaders, the aforementioned principalities began to struggle with each other. In this article, the Artukids, who annexed cities such as Palu, Kharpert, Chimichkezek and Hanzit, which were under the rule of Chubukids, after 1112 and established kinship with the Melitene Seljuk Sultanate, and the Kamakh-centered cities of Erzinjan, Divrigi and Şarkî Karahisar (Şebinkarahisar, Kögonya) and adjacent cities. The Battle of Serman/Seryan, which was a breaking point in the struggle for dominance of the Mangujakids, who Turkified and Islamized the towns, was examined. The war, which took place as a result of the Byzantine Empire’s Trabzon Duchy and Danishmendids being included in the alliances, was discussed in terms of Turkish history in northeastern Anatolia. The information given by the sources and the information and opinions of contemporary historians about this war were analyzed and a comparison of the source-research work was made. Considerations about the place, date and results of the war were evaluated in detail.