Wrestling in Turkey
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Wrestling (Turkish: güreş) is considered as an "ancestral sport" in Turkey, represented foremost by the annual Kırkpınar tournament in oil wrestling.
Along with various highly esteemed styles of folk wrestling (known colloquially as çayır güreşi, or "meadow wrestling", because bouts are held on grass fields), olympic wrestling (known colloquially as minder güreşi, or "mat wrestling") is widely practiced, while Greco-Roman wrestling is less popular due to freestyle wrestling's technical affinity with folk wrestling.{{cite web|url=https://tgf.gov.tr/|title=Türkiye Güreş Federasyonu|access-date=2023-09-18|language=tr}}{{Cite web|url=https://tgf.gov.tr/?cat=44|title = Karakucak | TGF}}{{Cite web|url=https://tgf.gov.tr/?p=39590|title=Yağli Güreş Faali̇yet Takvi̇mi̇ | TGF}}
Turkey currently has only one professional wrestling promotion, Turkish Power Wrestling founded in 2010.
Turkish folk wrestling styles
- Styles practised nationwide (sanctioned by the Turkish Wrestling Federation):
- Karakucak Güreşi
- Oil wrestling (Turkish: Yağlı Güreş ){{Cite web|url=https://worldethnosport.org/etnosporlar/oil-wrestling|title = Oil Wrestling}}
- Styles practised locally (sanctioned by the Turkey Traditional Sport Branches Federation):
- Aba Güreşi (jacket wrestling) (in Hatay)
- Aşırtmalı Aba Güreşi (belt wrestling) (in Gaziantep, Adana, Osmaniye)
- Kısa Şalvar Güreşi (in Kahramanmaraş)
- Kuşak Güreşi or Tatar Güreşi
- Kar üstü Karakucak Güreşi
- Şalvar Güreşi
- Torun Abası
- Siyah Aba
- Boz Aba
- Kırmızı Aba
- Maraş Abası
- Urfa Abası
- Çuha Abası
- Hamis Abası
Sport wrestling
References
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External links
- [https://worldethnosport.org/ethnosports The World Ethnosport Confederation (WEC)]
- [http://www.ermeydani.net/haber/1569-yazarlar-ata-sporu-gures-drsuleyman-sahin.html Ata Sporu Güreş]
- [http://www.kocaeligazetesi.com.tr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1823:greko-romen-guerei-biliyor-musunuz&catid=29:ziya-ueruek&Itemid=33 Greko-romen güreşi biliyor musunuz?]
- [http://www.tgf.gov.tr/articles.php?category_id=221 Türkiye Güreş Federasyonu - Yağlı Güreş]
- [http://www.tgf.gov.tr/articles.php?category_id=230 Türkiye Güreş Federasyonu - Karakucak]