Spirit of the Ottomans awakens at archery competition


The Istanbul Okmeydanı Archery Foundation is proud to present the fifth edition of the International Conquest Cup, which first took place in 2013with the participation of the best international archers in the world between May 27 and May 29. Organized under the auspices of Presidency of the Republic of Turkey, the 5th International Conquest Cup will host more than 300 archers from 30 countries around the world.

The event, which is co-held by the Turkey Archery Federation and the World Archery Federation, is the biggest mixed civil archery competition in the world with having traditional and modern archery disciplines in one tournament.

The Turkey Archery Federation has been informing Istanbulites about the cup, the art of archery and invite them to the competition for weeks with the stalls that have been erected all over the city. The representatives of the federation claim that there has been a great interest in archery as well as the cup and they expect a huge turnout to the competition audience-wise.