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BORAN, Mustafa. Distance Archery in the Ottoman Empire, Ph.D. Dissertation, Ankara,
2023.
Archery was a very important aspect in Turkish history. Examined from a broad perspective
archery influenced almost every field from literature to art and from sport to politics. The main
axis of the paper is archery and activities in arrow fields. Albeit being an important sport
especially in the Ottoman classical period, range archery in terms of composition it was a
significant subject influential in different social areas such as crafts and literature. The paper
in-depth examines the officers serving in range shooting, distance unit, range opening rules,
shooting areas, shooting times, participation conditions, categories, competition rules and range
competitions.
