A horse game from the Ottoman empire to today's Anatolia: Lobud throwing

Mehmet TÜRKMEN | Ünal TÜRKÇAPAR

A cop is a slightly elliptical, knot-free stick made of flexible and dry wood, the length of which is 80 cm, and the edges of which are blunted. The game played on horseback with this stick called cop is named particularly as ‘Egyptian Wood Game.’ It is a traditional equestrian game in which competitors on horseback try to make the sticks, by hitting them on the ground, bouncing over a thick rope connecting two poles with heights of 5-6 m and a distance of approximately 6-7 m in between. The Egyptian Wood Game played frequently in the Ottoman period and in the 1960s in Turkey was no more pract ...Более

A popular equestrian sports game of the central Asian Turkic peoples: Kok-Boru/Ulak-Tartysh

Mehmet TÜRKMEN

In Kok-Boru (also known as Buzkashi, kokpar, and kupkari); the goat is slaughtered and the throat is cut off from the neck, the head is decapitated, the forelegs are cut off from the knees, the hind legs are cut off from the hock, the cannon bone is cut off, and the internal organs are gutted, and then stitched up from the belly with a strong band or cord (the carcass is sometimes steeped in salt water so that it will not break when the players pull it in). Buzkashi is a traditional equestrian game found only among the peoples of Central Asia and played with the carcasses of goats or calves. T ...Более

A simplified description of the most commonly-played traditional equestrian sports in the world

Mehmet TÜRKMEN

The following sports have been played in World Nomad Games which take place every two years in the last two decades. These competitions commonly take place throughout central and southwestern Asia.

An ancient sport in central Asian Turkic peoples: Oogdarish/enish (wrestling on Horseback)

Mehmet TÜRKMEN

In this study, “wrestling on horseback” which is a traditional sport called “enish” or ‘Oodarish/Avdarys/Audarysh’ done in the Middle East Region (Turkestan) will be mentioned and introduced. Purpose: Having kept the two socio-cultural values known as horse riding and wrestling for centuries, wrestling on horseback (oogdarish) formed with the combination of these two sports is more than a sportive activity. The purpose of the study is to know and introduce this ancient traditional sport separated into two groups ‘Men’s-enish’ and ‘women’s enish” and bring it to the world sports literature. Des ...Более

Equestrian tura: A forgotten traditional game in Anatolia

Mehmet TÜRKMEN

The horse, as in the formation of the Turkish steppe nomadic culture, was the main action in the determination, development, and transfer of sports tradition to other cultures. There have been those that are still being done, those on the verge of being forgotten, and those that are forgotten. In this study, the “horse riding tour” in the third class will be examined. The purpose of this study is to record and present it as a written document to at least future generations. Horse tura was played at the village weddings played Afşin, Elbistan, and Göksun of Kahramanmaraş, Sarız of Kayseri, Akça ...Более

Horse breeding, wrestling and racing: From central Asia to Anatolia

Mehmet TÜRKMEN

In this study, “Stallion wrestling,” which was made in the nature of horseherds (yilki) and a designated area for horse breeding in ancient Turks, is presented with some arguments. Explaining briefly the importance given to horses and horse breeders in ancient Turks and today’s Central Asian culture, how stallion wrestling was formed and transformed; it was aimed to seek answers to the questions of why horse breeding was not done with this wrestling method in the Ottoman Empire, but it was done with a canter running system and to recognize and introduce this ancient traditional struggle. In th ...Более

Jereed games on horseback from ottoman times to the present

Mehmet TÜRKMEN

The “jeered,” which is a type of bayonet or spear used as a war tool for the Turks, is a wooden athletic (jereed) stick, 100 cm long, 2.5 cm in diameter at the head, plastic-coated, oval, with a diameter of 1.5 cm towards the back. Just as many Arabic words entered our language, jereed also entered Turkish from the Arabic word “cilind” during the Ottoman period. Jereed is a game that emerged with the aim of better throwing the bayonet and spear on the horse to the enemy. (Turkman, 1996:128).In this case, as in the prototype of all sports, the jereed emerged to develop warrior skills, and by do ...Более

Kyrgyz and Kazakhs in a forgotten horse sport: Valiant chase

Mehmet TÜRKMEN

In Kyrgyz, “Dzhigit Kumay” and in Kazakhs “Dzhigit Kuu” as a team and evasion of this game in the form of the chase, Turkey full provision in Turkish “Yiğit Kovalama / Valiant Chasing” is. This equestrian game, which is almost forgotten, until 1922-26, was played extensively among the Turkic peoples in all Turkestan geography. To overcome the shortage of resources, which is almost nonexistent in the game, to provide a resource to researchers and future generations on the subject, this game is about to be forgotten, again to add to the national sports ring of the Turks.In a globalizing world, a ...Более

Preface

Mehmet TÜRKMEN

A general perspective ottoman wrestling lodges and Greek gymnasium/palaistra

Mehmet TÜRKMEN

Introduction: Historical perspective of traditional wrestling

Mehmet TÜRKMEN

Pedagogy of traditional wrestling in turks

Mehmet TÜRKMEN