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The Turkish word for wrestling can be traced back to the Oghuz Turkic languages, which originate from the Eurasian steppes. After the conquest of Anatolia by Seljuk Turks, a form of traditional freestyle wrestling called Karakucak Güreşi (literally "Ground hug") was popularized, where special leather clothing was worn and wrestlers commenced the competition by pouring olive oil on their bodies.
Kırkpınar (Turkish for "forty springs") is a Turkish oil wrestling (yağlı güreş) tournament where pehlivans (wrestlers) compete for three days.It is held annually, usually in late June, near Edirne, Turkey since 1360.
Traditional Oil Wrestling in Turkey is a UNESCCO listed Intangible Cultural Heritage. Wrestling (Turkish: güreş) is considered as an "ancestral sport" in Turkey, represented foremost by the annual Kırkpınar tournament in oil wrestling.
Traditional Chat Meetings is a Turkish social application of community chats. Communities consist exclusively of men of a certain age (commonly 15 or 16), regardless of ethnicity, religion or status. Kırkpınar oil wrestling festival: 2010 00386: Kırkpınar Oil Wrestling, traditional Turkish oil wrestling tournament.
Oil wrestling is one of the wrestling ethnosports, which has a tournament at every edition of the Ethnosport Cultural Festival held annually in Turkey. The tournament has different categories. Not all categories are included below.
Karakucak or Karakucak Güreşi is one of the two Turkish folk wrestling styles practised nationwide and sanctioned by the Turkish Wrestling Federation. [1] Like all other Turkish folk wrestling styles, karakucak competitions are held on grass fields.
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Oil wrestling is the national sport of Turkey and can be traced back to Central Asia. After the Roman conquest of the Greeks, Greek wrestling was absorbed by the Roman culture and became Roman wrestling. [citation needed] Shuai jiao, a wrestling style originating in China, which according to legend, has a reported history of over 4,000 years.