Türk devletlerinde savaş araç-gereçleri (X-XIV. asırlar)
Özet
This thesis aims to elaborate preparation and passing periods of Turkish Weapons and Armors Technology which had reached its peak in Ottoman Empire. Turkish weapons should be examined in two categories, offensive weapons and defensive weapons. Offensive weapons have two different categories, heavy weapons and light weapons; defensive weapons have also two different categories, shields and armors. Light weapons include followings: Throwing weapons, blade weapons, spears and maces. Throwing weapons comprise bows, sling and naphtha; blade class contains sword, dagger and axe; spear class includes lance, fork, throwing spear, halberd, poleaxes, military fork and alem; mace class covers maces, clubs and maul. Heavy weapons have also two different categories: Siege engines and heavy weapons based on throwing principle. Siege engines include siege tower, battering ram and ram. Heavy weapons based on throwing principle contain light catapult (catapult, ballista and arrades) and some variation of heavy catapult. The most important defensive weapons are variations of shields. The other important part of defensive weapons is armors. These have two important categories: Armor of warriors and armor of animals. Warrior armors include body armors, helms, arms and hand armors (gauntlet, bazuband and arm defenses), leg armors (knee defender) and belts. Animal armors contain neck and body armors, masks, saddles and gears.