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The Turkish bow is a recurved composite bow used in the Ottoman Empire.The construction is similar to that of other classic Asiatic composite bows, with a wooden core (maple was most desirable), animal horn on the belly (the side facing the archer), and sinew on the front, with the layers secured together with animal glue.
17th century Mughal thumb ring. A thumb ring is a ring meant to be worn on one's thumb.Most commonly, thumb rings are used as an archery equipment designed to protect the thumb pulp from the bowstring during a thumb draw, and are made of leather, stone, horn, wood, bone, antler, ivory, metal, ceramics, plastic or glass.
Archery was governed by the governmental Directorate General of Physical Education until its detachment and integration into the Turkish Shooting Federation in 1953. On May 8, 1961, archery activities were formed in an independent organization. In 1981, archery was subordinated under the shooting again, however that lasted only one year. [1] [2 ...
Turkish flight archery astonished early modern Europeans, whose wooden longbows and heavy arrows had much shorter maximum ranges; in 1795 Mahmoud Effendi, a secretary at the Turkish Embassy in London, made a shot of 482 yards (441 m) on Finsbury Fields, and reportedly apologised for an indifferent performance by Turkish standards.
Antalya Centennial Archery Field (Turkish: Antalya 100. Yıl Okçuluk Sahası ) is an archery field in Antalya , Turkey . Situated in the Meltem neighborhood, the archery field on the lawn has the dimensions 140 m × 175 m (459 ft × 574 ft), where 50 targets can be placed.
Archery at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games was held in Konya, Turkey from 14 to 18 August 2022. [1] [2] Traditional Turkish Archery Competitions was heldd at Saraçoglu Sports Venue between 15 and 16 August 2022. For individual competitions, qualification, elimination and final elimination round shots was done, and for team competitions ...
Turkish sharpshooter Yusuf Dikec clinched the silver medal in the air pistol team event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. In doing so, the 51-year-old soared to internet stardom.
Traditional Turkish archery: 2019 01367: Turkish archery, the importance of archery and especially horse archery in Turks dates back to prehistoric times. Hüsn-i Hat, traditional calligraphy in Islamic art in Turkey 2021 01684: Hüsn-i calligraphy is the art of beautiful writing formed around Arabic letters. Craftsmanship of mother of pearl ...