Turkish archery

Turkish archery
sport
Yaɣ sheliarchery Mali niŋ
Diɛma ni yiɣi jamarchery Mali niŋ
TiŋaTurkey Mali niŋ
Tingbani shɛli din yinaTurkey Mali niŋ
Intangible cultural heritage statusRepresentative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Mali niŋ
Described at URLhttps://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/01367, https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/01367, https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/01367 Mali niŋ
Turkish Horse Archer.

Turkish archery (Turkish: Türk okçuluğu) nyɛla "tradition of archery" din nya lɛbigimsim pam be Ottoman Empire amaa di nyɛla din daa piligi Eurasian Steppe tum millennium BC din pahiri ayi ni.

Traditional Turkish archery nyɛla bɛn daa zaŋ shɛli pahi Representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ban daa niŋ kpaŋmaŋ ka bɛ daa zaŋ li pahi ŋɔ nyɛ Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage zaŋ n-ti UNESCO yuuni 2019.[1]

Sultan Murad II at archery practice.

Din daa niŋ ka military archery kana Battle of Lepanto nyaaŋa, flight archery n-daa nyɛ bɛn niŋdi shɛli. Di nyɛla din daa labiri nyaaŋa hali ni Mahmud II saha ka o daa niŋ kpaŋmaŋ labisi li na di naba ayi zuɣu. O daa lahi che ka o archery shikuru bila, Mustafa Kani daa sabi di taarihi buku, "construction" mini bows ŋɔ ni niŋdi shɛm din ka bɛ pa booni Turkish bowyery.[2] Yuuni 1794, London kpaŋ bɔhimbu, Turkish ambassador’s gbaŋ ŋmara daa zaŋ la Turkish bow mini "arrow" ŋmɛ 415 yards.[3] Din daa niŋ ka Mahmud II kpi nyaaŋa yuuni 1839, archery daa nyɛla din lahi piligi nyaaŋa labu. Turkish bowyery nyɛla din daa bi lahi niŋdi yuuni 1930s din daa niŋ ka bowyer ŋun bahindi nyaaŋa calligrapher, Neçmeddin Okyay daa kpi.[4]

Yuuni bɔbugu nyaaŋa Turkish bows daa kuli nyɛla niriba ni nyari shɛli taarihi amaa ka di daa lee bi lahi niŋda. Yuuni 1910, archery kompatiisa nyɛla din daa niŋ Le Touquet, France, din ni ka Ingo Simon daa tooi "shoot an arrow 434 m" ka di nyɛla o daa zaŋ la Turkish bow kurili din mali yaa kamani 440N bee 99 lb ŋmɛ li.[5]

Mehmed the Conqueror with a zihgir on his right hand.
  1. UNESCO - Traditional Turkish archery (en).
  2. Paul E Klopsteg. Turkish Archery and the Composite Bow. Chapter I, Background of Turkish Archery. Second edition, revised, 1947, published by the author, 2424 Lincolnwood Drive, Evanston, Ill.
  3. The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge, Vol II, London, Charles Knight, 1847, p.16.
  4. Ottoman Turkish bows, manufacture and design. Adam Karpowicz (author and publisher). ISBN 978-0-9811372-0-9
  5. "Invention and Evolution" by M. J. French (1988, Cambridge Univ. Press) (chapter 3.4.2)