Battle of Bolu
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| Battle of Bolu (1423) | |||||||
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| Part of the Ottoman wars in Asia | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Ottoman Empire |
 Candarids | ||||||
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Murad II |
İsfendiyar Bey (WIA) | ||||||
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| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Bolu, was a military clash in 1423 in which the Ottoman army under the command of Murad II defeated the Candar army under the command of İsfendiyar Bey, which was besieging Safranbolu.
While Murad II was dealing with the Mustafa Çelebi rebellion since his accession to the throne (1421), some of the Anatolian principalities took action by taking advantage of these internal turmoils of the Ottoman State. In this context, the Germiyanids and Menteshe principalities of Murad II. While not recognizing the sultanate of Murad, the principalities of Karamanids, Aydinids and Sarukhanids also recaptured some of their former lands from the Ottoman Empire.
The Bey of Candar dynasty, İsfendiyar Bey, also took advantage of this opportunity and took Tosya, Çankırı and Kalecik from the Ottomans, as well as besieging Safranbolu (Taraklı Borlu). Simultaneously, Eflak, an ally of Candar dynasty, was attacked by Silistra.