Turkish Oil Wrestling 2009Over 1,000 barefoot grapplers compete, oiled up and stripped to the waist. The anything-goes style and the oiled leather trunks originated with the world renowned Janissaries, an elite fraternity of body guards to the imperial Sultans...

Turkish Oil Wrestling 2006 For three days the field is crowded with simultaneous matches in eleven divisions, ranging from school kids to forty-year-old masters. The sun is hot and the fights are long...

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