Friday has marked 60 years since the death of Turkish wrestling legend Yasar Dogu. Known as “the father of Turkish wrestling,” Dogu was born in Samsun on the Black Sea coast of Turkey in 1913. He ...

EDIRNE, Turkey (AP) — After a year-long, pandemic-induced hiatus, the sounds of the zurna flute and beating drums again greeted thousands of Turkish wrestling fans who returned to the country’s ...

Turkey is experiencing a “golden age” of wrestling, the sport’s head said Tuesday. Wrestling is a popular sport in Turkey, typified by the oil wrestling festival dating back to the 14th century that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 40th International Camel Wrestling Festival was held in Selcuk, part of the Aegean province of Izmir, on Sunday with 152 ...

WWE are just one week away from their wrestling spectacular WrestleMania with excitement building by the day. But other wrestling promotions from around the world have been holding their versions of ...

The Turkish Wrestling Federation said in a statement that he died in Sweden. Ayvaz competed in three consecutive Olympic Games from Rome 1960 to Mexico City 1968. At Tokyo 1964, he captured the men's ...

Irfan Kaplan, a native of Turkey with wrestling abilities that gained him world fame, now quietly lives in West Milford. He cherishes memories of his late brother Hamit Kaplan and the days when they ...

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At least 16 oil wrestlers have tested positive for banned performance enhancing substances, Turkish media reports said Monday, the latest in a series of doping scandals to have hit Turkish sports. Oil ...

Yesterday, Buzzfeed published an article featuring Turkish oil wrestling. People took note, because the sport involves men oiling themselves up heavily before wrestling. Winning involves putting your ...

A host of homegrown and Turkish wrestlers such as Johnny Impact, MVP and England's own Jonny Storm wowed the crowd at the Volkswagen Arena in Istanbul WWE are just one week away from their wrestling ...