EDIRNE, Turkey — 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 northwest ...

For 665 years, oil wrestling has been preserved in Turkish culture through the annual Kırkpınar Oil Wrestling Championship in ...

There’s a lot that intrigues me about Turkish Oil Wrestling. An ancient sport, there’s a lot of tradition in every aspect. The hand-made leather shorts known as the kispet, the wicker basket that the ...

Edirne, Turkey (CNN) — Under a pop-up tent on a sunbeaten patch of grass, a shirtless Cengizhan Koca is bent over a pair of black leather pants in prayer. But more than just prayer alone is needed to ...

ANKARA: Turkey’s annual Kırkpınar oil wrestling festival is under way in the northwestern city of Edirne, where the centuries-old event continues to draw competitors and spectators for what is ...