Karakucak or Karakucak Güreşi is one of the two
Turkish folk wrestling styles practised nationwide and sanctioned by the Turkish Wrestling Federation. Like all other
Turkish folk wrestling styles, karakucak competitions are held on grass fields. Competitors wear baggy trousers (''şalvar'') or special trousers named ''pırpıt'' made of
canvas or other similarly sturdy fabric.
Karakucak Güreşleri (guresdosyasi.com)
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/ref> Oiling the bodies and/or garments is strictly prohibited.Turkish oil wrestling
Oil wrestling ( tr, Yağlı güreş), also called grease wrestling, is a traditional Turkish sport, where participants, called ''pehlivan'' (wrestlers) or ''baspehlivan'' (master wrestlers), wrestle while covered in oil. Competitions are held in ...
rules. Among several local styles, ''Köprülü karakucak'' practised mainly in Çukurova has rules almost identical with Olympic freestyle wrestling.
See also
*Wrestling in Turkey
Wrestling (Turkish language, Turkish: ''güreş'') is considered as an "national sport, ancestral sport" in Turkey, represented foremost by the annual Kırkpınar tournament in oil wrestling.
Along with various highly esteemed styles of folk wre ...
*Kurash 'HISTORY OF KURASH''
Kurash is an ancient type of upright jacket grappling which originated in the territory of modern Uzbekistan. According to the latest scientific research the age of Kurash is at least three and a half thousand years. Kurash is ...
*Oil Wrestling
Oil wrestling ( tr, Yağlı güreş), also called grease wrestling, is a traditional Turkish sport, where participants, called ''pehlivan'' (wrestlers) or ''baspehlivan'' (master wrestlers), wrestle while covered in oil. Competitions are held in ...
*Khuresh
Khuresh is a traditional Tuvan wrestling, in Siberia. The word has cognates with Tuvan's sister Turkic languages, for example Turkish '' güreş'' and Tatar '' köräş'' (all ultimately derived from Old Turkic ''keriş'').
See also
*Kurash
* Wr ...
*Folk wrestling
A folk wrestling style is any traditional style of wrestling, which may or may not be codified as a modern sport. Most cultures have developed regional forms of grappling.
Europe
Britain
Traditionally wrestling has two main centres in Great ...
References
Folk wrestling styles
Wrestling in Turkey
Turkish traditional sports
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