​This website is a photographic celebration of  wrestling and wrestlers. In particularly it focuses on wrestling in Turkey including traditional oil-wrestling, other local traditional forms of wrestling and Olympic style wrestling.

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2018
International Traditional Shalvar Wrestling World Cup, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey

657. Kırkpınar Oil-Wrestling Tournament, July 2018, Edirne, Turkey
​Day 2
Day 3

Traditional Karakucak  Wrestling, August 2018, Bozüyük, Turkey

2017
Turkish Freestyle Championships, Jan 2017, Ordu, Turkey
Day 1

Hünkar Çayırı Turkish Oil Wrestling, July 2017, Gebze

Kurtdereli Turkish Oil Wrestling Tournament, Aug 2017, Balıkesir, Turkey
Day 1 and pre-event ceremony
Day 2

2016
Turkish Oil Wrestling, Kağıthane

Kırkpınar Turkish Oil Wrestling, Edirne, Turkey, 2016
​Day 1

Traditional Karakucak Wrestling, Erzurum, Turkey, 2016
Day 2

2015
Traditional Oil Wrestling, Kumluca, 2015

Kırkpınar Turkish Oil Wrestling, Edirne, Turkey, 2015
​Day 1
Day 2 and 3

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