%0 Journal Article
%T A Life Style in Turkish Tradition after the Pre-Islamic Period: ¡°Archery¡±
%A Mehmet Alparslan K¨¹£¿¨¹k
%J -
%D 2018
%X Archery which is defined as ¡°sports made with arrows and bows¡±, has an important share in hunting, nutrition and war arts in cultures with nomadic and warlike structures. Therefore, the Turks, who adopted archery as a way of life and portrayed as ¡°Archer Nations¡±, they gave names related to the arrows such as ¡°Bozok¡± and ¡°¨¹£¿ok¡± for themselves. Turks who accepted arrow and bow as symbols of justice and sovereignty, they have even defined such as ¡°Khan for bow, loyalty for Khan for arrow¡±. It is already stated that the Turks use arrow-bow in every area of life, such as birth, marriage and death, and use the arrow that it means symbol of hero/courage. However, it is also known that the Turks have organized an ¡°arrow-throwing race¡± as a way of proving their power. Moreover, the pre-Islamic oaths on the arrow-bow, which is an invitation/call tool, it constitutes a clear indication of the religious dimension and importance attributed to the arrow and archery. The archery which has begun to appear in the foreground in the form of virtue/merit after the acceptance of Islam. In this conception, it is visible that the influence of Prophet Muhammad¡¯s hadiths. Hadiths are such as ¡°Three people go to the heaven thanks to an arrow; the people who makes the arrow, who proffer and who shoot¡­ The one who learns to throw arrows and then leaves (without reason) is not from us¡± are only a few of these examples. Even it is rumored that Prophet Muhammad indicated that a father¡¯s an obligation to teach his son archery. Thus, archery created a sense of ¡°sunnah¡± in the Turks and was regarded as a ¡°spiritual discipline¡±. In addition, the ¡°Squares of Arrow¡± have been attributed to the sanctity and these squares have been described in the form of ¡°a piece from heaven¡±. Therefore, the Turks are not allowed to enter the squares of arrow, alcoholic or ablution and they have shown care to say ¡°Ya Allah¡± with the recite bismillah from the heart when they shooting arrows. As a result, archery, which is a sporting activity today, has become a symbol of life as a symbol of merit, justice, power, strength and courage, as well as being an art, sports and religious motif in Turks, before Islam and after Islam
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%U http://dergipark.org.tr/intjcss/issue/38906/454658