peror ) ▁or ▁y ab gu ▁( r uler ▁of ▁the ▁west ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁emp ire ). ▁Thus ▁K ür - ş at ▁( or ▁K ür - ş ad ) ▁ ▁was ▁a ▁comp ound ▁name . ▁It ▁was ▁popular ized ▁by ▁Turkish ▁author ▁Ni hal ▁A ts ı z . ▁ ▁A ts ı z ▁told ▁about ▁the ▁J ies hes hu ai ▁event ▁and ▁the ▁name ▁K ür ş at ▁to ▁his ▁colle ague ▁( l ater ▁oppon ent ) ▁Sab ah att in ▁Ali ▁who ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 6 ▁wrote ▁a ▁play ▁named ▁Es ir ler ▁( Capt ives ) ▁based ▁on ▁J ies hes hu ai . ▁But ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁an ▁ep ic ▁play ▁and ▁K ür ş at ▁was ▁port rayed ▁as ▁a ▁des perate ▁lo ver . ▁Ni hal ▁A ts ı z ▁critic ized ▁the ▁play ▁ ▁and ▁decided ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁name ▁in ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁nov els . ▁ ▁K ür ş at ▁was ▁mentioned ▁in ▁his ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁ep ic ▁novel ▁named ▁Bo zk urt lar ı n ▁Ö l ü m ü ▁( The ▁death ▁of ▁Grey ▁Wol ves ). ▁In ▁Turk ic ▁myth ology ▁The ▁w olf ▁symbol izes ▁honor ▁and ▁is ▁also ▁considered ▁the ▁mother ▁of ▁most ▁Turk ic ▁pe op les ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁novel , ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁the ▁grey ▁wol ves ▁refers ▁to ▁the ▁collapse ▁of ▁Eastern ▁Turk ic ▁k h agan ate . ▁The ▁first ▁section ▁of ▁the