An interesting passage on yatagans

Zifir · 19th September 2006, 07:56 PM

I don't want to be taken as a romaticist

It is just very interesting for me how yatagan became a distinguished symbol for the old order while the new order was symbolized with bayonet. Beyond these symbols, of course, what was at the stake was completely a different issue.

I was thinking if yatagan became the symbol for the old military order, did their manufacture come to a sudden halt in Istanbul after the 1820s?

19th September 2006, 07:56 PM	#3
Zifir Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Istanbul Posts: 228	I don't want to be taken as a romaticist It is just very interesting for me how yatagan became a distinguished symbol for the old order while the new order was symbolized with bayonet. Beyond these symbols, of course, what was at the stake was completely a different issue. I was thinking if yatagan became the symbol for the old military order, did their manufacture come to a sudden halt in Istanbul after the 1820s?