Simon Effendi

Simon Effendi was a Greek Merchant who was the Owner of Hanli Bazaar and was the Innkeeper of the Inn nearby. He was a minor antagonist in the beginning of Season 3. He was also secretly working for the Templars and wanted to kill Ertugrul to avenge Titus and Ustad-i-Azam. He also wanted to spark a Tribal War between the Cavdars and Kayi which he could profit from. He was killed by Ural Bey in Episode 27 as revenge for trying to leak Ural's mischevious plans to Ertugrul.

Biography
Simon Effendi was a Greek Merchant. He had said during a conversation that his entire family was murdered by the Templars during the Sacking of Constantinople and that he and Maria were the last of their family. He is greedy for money and often unlawfully taxes merchant, which made him a very rich man. At first, he ignores Ertugrul, thinking of him as a lawless shepherd escaping the Mongol Wrath though he soon learns that Ertugrul is Sultan Alaeddin's spy send to conquer Karacahisar Castle. He and Ural are business partners though he tries to leak his plans to Ertugrul to spark a war between their tribes which he would profit from. He is also the Templar's spy who is trying to stop the Seljuks from conquering Karacahisar Castle, his alias is 'John the Baptist'. He poisons Ertugrul by using Turgut and nearly succeedes in killing him though he survives and conquers Hanli Bazaar in revenge, forcing Simon to flee and find refuge with Ural. Ural betrays him though and kills him.