ERZURUM, Turkey -- Riders in eastern Turkey play cirit, an equestrian sport that dates back to the martial horsemen who spearheaded the historical conquests of central Asia's Turkic tribes.

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A part of the world’s history is about to disappear forever. The ancient Turkish city of Hasankeyf, which lies in south-east Turkey’s Batman province, is 12,000-years-old. The Romans ...

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The Khazars were a Turkic tribe that roamed the steppes from Northern China to the Black Sea. Between the 7th and 10th centuries they conquered huge swaths of what is now southern Russia and ...

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ERZURUM, Turkey (AP) — Riders in eastern Turkey play cirit, an equestrian sport that dates back to the martial horsemen who spearheaded the historical conquests of central Asia’s Turkic tribes.