Turkey hopes that some Turkic states will recognize it soon. 29.Įrdogan was flanked by Kyrgyz President Sadir Caparov and Ersin Tatar, the president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is only recognized by Ankara. So we, as Turkey, are proud to host the games that keep this culture alive in various aspects,” said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his keynote speech at the opening of the games on Sept.
“We cannot allow the disappearance of nomad culture, which has marked thousands of years of civilization. Gastronomy workshops, folkloric dances and children's archery lessons accompany the games, drawing a million visitors to the city in four days. There are also the Kazakh “zhamby atu” (archery on horseback), women’s wrestling (in which the Iranian team took 11 medals) and women’s archery, featuring Turkic amazons wearing headgear of metal and colorful beads. 2, when it hosted the fourth edition of the World Nomad Games, a competition dedicated to ethnic sports practiced in Central Asia with exotic names such as “ kapyshmali aba wrestling” and “Kok Boru.” The former is a blend of judo and traditional wrestling, while the latter is a Kyrgyz game in which players on horseback wearing traditional nomadic clothes and iron helmets try to get past one another with a goat’s carcass, replaced with a dummy in modern-day games. It and the town draw thousands of tourists every year, mostly Greek.īut the city attracted a different crowd Sept. The old church is the venue of the Ecumenical Council of 325, which established the doctrine of the Holy Trinity. Iznik, or Nicaea as it is called in Greek, is reportedly named after the wife of Lysimachos, one of the generals of Alexander the Great who captured the city in 300 BC.
IZNIK - A circular Mongolian tent dominated the center of Iznik, a picturesque town on a lake and surrounded by hills, just a short walk from the small Hagia Sophia church.
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