Wrestling in Turkey

Cengizhan Şimşek won the title of "başpehlivan" (chief wrestler) and the coveted golden belt at the ancient 661st oil wrestling festival held in Türkiye's northwestern province of Edirne on July 3.

The epic battle between two strong wrestlers, Şimşek and Mustafa Taş, was not concluded in normal time, with both of them preferring a passive style.

In a candid interview with a YouTuber, an Italian chef, also a jury member of a popular cooking TV game show, MasterChef Turkey, has revealed that he once participated in the Kırkpınar Oil Wrestling, a traditional 650-year-old wrestling festival conducted annually in the northwestern province of Edirne.

In western Turkey lives a man with 64 years of work experience who dedicated his life to making the special leather pants, called kıspet in Turkish, used in traditional Turkish wrestling.

Turkish athlete Orhan Okulu won Sept. 9 the title of the chief wrestler (Baspehlivan) at the 666th edition of the traditional Elmali Oil Wrestling tournament in Antalya, Turkey, breaking a record. Click through for the story in photos...

Turkish wrestlers have clinched 18 medals in a wrestling tournament in Bulgaria, according to the Turkish Wrestling Federation.

Two Dutch tourists entered the oil wrestling ring during a traditional oil wrestling contest held in the southern province of Antalya