15:21, 26 августа 2022, Bishkek - 24-kg.com news agency , Nurkyz SABYROVA
Turkey has shown readiness to host the 4th World Nomad Games. The promo video was published on the official pages of the Games on social media.
The video includes moments of sports competitions, as well as shows features of nomadic peoples. It also shows the area where cultural and sporting events will take place.
The 4th World Nomad Games will be held from September 29 to October 2 in Iznik town. It is 125 kilometers from Istanbul.
More than 3,000 athletes from 102 countries are expected to take part in them. Kyrgyzstan will be represented by 400 athletes in 37 types of competitions.
This place was chosen for a reason. During the Ottoman conquests of Asia Minor, the Kyrgyz helped the Turks to take this town. Then it was called Nicaea and was the capital of the province. The siege of the fortress by the Turks could not be crowned with success until a detachment of Kyrgyz soldiers arrived to help, who stormed it ahead of the troops. Everyone was killed, but Iznik was taken, and the imperial army of Byzantium was defeated. During the siege of the town, tens of thousands of soldiers of the army of Osman Gazi were killed, but he erected a memorial only to Kyrgyz soldiers. It stands there to this day and is called «Kırgızlar Türbesi».