Ethnosport Cultural Festival

Sporting and cultural activities of the Anatolia, Central Asia and the greater Turkic world, but also Japanese, Middle Eastern and other, are held.

In the third edition, Yabusame (traditional Japanese horseback archery)[4] and falcon racing were also featured.

The wrestling takes place on a grassy patch of earth which is designated as the (Turkish:Er Meydanı).

[13][14] [15][16] The game consist of players placing their goat or cow anklebones in the center of a circle and then knocking them out.

[17][18] (Kazakh:kokpar) kökbörü[19][20] In this type of wrestling the wrestlers wear abes on their backs.

[23][24] [25][26] [27][28][29] [30] The event is organised by the World Ethnosports Federation and sponsored by Anadolu Agency.

Oil wrestling
Turkish girls playing mangala, 1700s
Yabusame archer on horseback
Yenikapı Square, a visible bulge form along the natural borders of the Sea of Marmara