The origins of Zeybeks are debated with most sources supporting that they are Turkic.[1][2] One source states the Zeybeks first appeared in the 13th century and were Turkmens who settled in to the Aegean Region.[3] Another source links them to the Turkmen-Celali rebels in the 16th century,[4] while a different writer claims that Zeybeks were light infantry troops made of Turkmen tribes loyal to the Seljuq Empire[5] According to Aşıkpaşazade, an Ottoman Historian from the 15th century, Zeybeks were Muslim Ghazis protecting the borders in Anatolia.[2] In the Turkish society the Zeybeks and Yörüks are seen as the same people.