Turcopole
（重定向自Turcopoles）
![Historical reconstruction of a 12th century turcopole by a Slovak re-enactor](/Images/godic/202502/18/Turcopole,_12th_century3210.jpg")
During the period of the Crusades, turcopoles (also "turcoples" or "turcopoli"; from the Greek:τουρκόπουλοι, "sons of Turks") were locally recruited mounted archers employed by the Christian states of the Eastern Mediterranean.