DescriptionOkmeydanı Archery Stones, İstanbul (13080315644).jpg
English: A range stone is a monumental marker authenticating the success of the archer’s range. If the archer were a sultan, the mark is called “target stone”. In his book “Last Stones of İstanbul” (2006) M. Şinasi Acar writes: “Exceeding a target stone is called to have the range or to break the range… The location of the arrow was marked by digging the ground and filling it with pebbles. In six months the stone would be fixed to place. It is a tradition to celebrate this moment and the archer to give out presents.” Okmeydanı has the biggest number of range stones. Of about 300 stones erected until the end of the 19th century only about 30 are extant.
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Menzil taşı, oku atan kişinin (kemankeş) en uzak noktaya atış yapma başarısını belgelemek amacıyla okun düştüğü yere dikilen anıtsal nişânedir. Atış bir padişah tarafından yapılmışsa, bu atışın nişânesine “nişan taşı” adı verilir. M. Şinasi Acar’ın “İstanbul’un Son Nişan Taşları” (2006) kitabında şöyle yazar: “Daha önce dikilmiş bir nişan taşını aşarak rekor kırmaya menzil almak ya da menzil bozmak denir… Bunun arkasından okun saplandığı yer biraz kazılıp çakıl doldurularak işaretlenir ve altı ay içinde taşı dikilirdi. Taşın bir ziyafetle diktirilmesi ve bu törende rekor sahibinin, olanakları ölçüsünde hediyeler dağıtması gelenektir.” Çoğunluğu İstanbul’un Okmeydanı semtinde bulunan menzil taşlarından 19. yüzyıl sonlarına kadar 300 adet dikilmiş ancak sadece 30 kadarı günümüze ulaşmıştır.
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Ali Saim Ülgen Archive
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SALT Araştırma
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Menzil Taşı
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Okmeydanı
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Target Stone
Archery Stones
Anıtsal Taşlar
Monumental Stones
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İstanbul
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11 March 2014
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