In Popular Culture
- The kilij was featured in an episode of the Spike show, Deadliest Warrior, in which Vlad the Impaler fought Sun Tzu. The damage caused by the sword was compared to a katana, and was voted by the show's commentators as the most destructive one-handed sword on the show.
- In Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Yusuf Tazim has a Turkish Kilij (incorrectly spelled as 'Kijil' in the game) as one of his weapons.
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