1. KÖROĞLUKÖROĞLU
Many many years ago,there wasMany many years ago,there was
a bad man in Bolu.People calleda bad man in Bolu.People called
him’Bolu Beyi’.him’Bolu Beyi’.

2. He was very rich andHe was very rich and
powerful. Bolu Beyi likedpowerful. Bolu Beyi liked
horses very much.horses very much.

3. There was a good manThere was a good man
and his name wasand his name was
‘Yusuf’. Yusuf worked in‘Yusuf’. Yusuf worked in
his stable and lookedhis stable and looked
after the horses.after the horses.

4. One day,Bolu BeyiOne day,Bolu Beyi
wanted a good horsewanted a good horse
from Yusuf.He found afrom Yusuf.He found a
young white horse,butyoung white horse,but
Bolu BeyiBolu Beyi
didn’t like it.didn’t like it.

5. Bolu Beyi was angry andBolu Beyi was angry and
he said:Make this stablehe said:Make this stable
man blind.This horse isman blind.This horse is
too weak.too weak.

6. Yusuf became blind.HeYusuf became blind.He
went back to his villagewent back to his village
with the young but weakwith the young but weak
horse.horse.

7. Yusuf’s son Ruşen AliYusuf’s son Ruşen Ali
was very sorry.He andwas very sorry.He and
his father trained thehis father trained the
horse.Later,the weakhorse.Later,the weak
white horse became awhite horse became a
very strong whitevery strong white
horse.People called thehorse.People called the
horse’Kırat’ and theyhorse’Kırat’ and they
called Ruşen Alicalled Ruşen Ali
‘KÖROĞLU’ because his‘KÖROĞLU’ because his
father was a blind man.father was a blind man.

8. Köroğlu lived in ÇamlıbelKöroğlu lived in Çamlıbel
in Bolu.He was brave andin Bolu.He was brave and
powerful.He had a grouppowerful.He had a group
of brave man aroundof brave man around
him.He helped the poorhim.He helped the poor
and the weak people.Heand the weak people.He
protected them againstprotected them against
Bolu Beyi.Bolu Beyi.

9. He played ‘saz’,a TurkishHe played ‘saz’,a Turkish
folk music instrumentfolk music instrument
and sang songs.Heand sang songs.He
said:’People invented thesaid:’People invented the
gun and bravery died.’gun and bravery died.’

10. He played ‘saz’,a TurkishHe played ‘saz’,a Turkish
folk music instrumentfolk music instrument
and sang songs.Heand sang songs.He
said:’People invented thesaid:’People invented the
gun and bravery died.’gun and bravery died.’