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Javelin: From the Ottoman Empire to the Republic

Summary/Abstract: Javelin have an important place, in sports history of Turkish, This sport is a sport which played in Central Asian Turkish States. Thanks to lifestyles and horseback riding skill, the Javelin dedicate the Turks. Javelin sports arise to the geography of Anatolia from Central Asia who migrated to Anatolia in the Turkish community. In the Ottoman Empire Javelin sports interested by both soldiers and Ottoman citizen and was supported by State administrators. On special occasions, Javelin has become traditional. In the last period the Ottoman Empire Javelin removed and even the game is prohibited. The javelin played by the Anatolian people who had to live on the black days because of the defeats and landslides taken during the war has been tried to be reintroduced in the Republican period. This article will be evaluated from Ottoman and Republic Archives documents and will be evaluated about the javelin sport in Ottoman and Turkish Republic periods. In addition, two westerners will benefit from works written by Frederick Burnaby and Antonie Oliver.

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