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Börkluce Mustafa Was a primary Murīd of Sheikh Bedreddin, Turkmen Alevi folk leader. He lived around the end of the 14th century and beginning of the 15th century. He preached a system that can be compared whit modern Communism. Between 1415-1416 he gathered turkmen peasants, greek sailors and jewish merchants on the Karaburun peninsula in order to revolt against high taxes and other injustices.

Revolt
According to different sources he gathered around 4.000-10.000 people. In the beginning of the revolt İskender Paşa tried to crush the revolt, but he couldn't because of the narrow alleys of the Karaburun peninsula. The people of Karaburun managed to crush the army of İskender Paşa. After this more turkmen muslims and christians joined the revolt.

After the defeat I. Mehmed send Timurtaş Paşazade Ali Bey with all the troops of the Saruhan province and Aydin to Karaburun. These troops where also defeated by the peasants. Ali Bey managed to flee to Manisa.

I. Mehmed who heard the news this time send his son Murat and Bayezid paşa with the troops of Rumelia and reinforcements from Anatolia on Börkluce. On his road to a mountain which was arbitrated by dervishes Bayezid paşa massacred all the people including women, children and old people. on one hand there was a bloody conflict at the Cehennem valley and on the other hand the Ottoman army controlled the harbors of the Sakiz island in order to prevent people from fleeing. A large number of the followers of Börkluce where massacred. Börkluce tried to flee to the Sakiz island with the rest of the people, but when he arrived he noticed the Ottoman navy. After a bloody battle Börkluce and his men couldn't flee and moved to the north of the peninsula where they where captured. Börkluce was taken hostage and after a lot of torturing he still insisted on his beliefs and demands. As a result he was crucified and bound on the back of camel to be ridiculed and shown around. The dervishes who stayed loyal to him where killed in front of his eyes. Meanwhile there was a similar revolt in Manisa which was probaly linked with te revolt of Karaburun. The revolt in Manisa was under the leadership of Torlak Kemal.

Philosophy and his works
Börkluce Mustafa Was considered as a important philosopher by many theologians and philosophers in the Islamic world. he wrote Tasvîrü'l- Kulûb