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.
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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]
↑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.
↑The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge, Vol II, London, Charles Knight, 1847, p.16.
↑Ottoman Turkish bows, manufacture and design. Adam Karpowicz (author and publisher). ISBN978-0-9811372-0-9
↑"Invention and Evolution" by M. J. French (1988, Cambridge Univ. Press) (chapter 3.4.2)