Turkish Wrestling Federation ( tr, Türkiye Güreş Federasyonu, TGF) is the governing body for

wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. It aims to govern, encourage and develop the sport for all throughout the country. TGF has been established in 1923, and is headquartered in

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

. TGF is a member of

United World Wrestling United World Wrestling (UWW) is the international governing body for the sport of amateur wrestling; its duties include overseeing wrestling at the Olympics. It presides over international competitions for various forms of wrestling, including ...

(UWW), formerly known as the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA). The federation organizes the national wrestling events, and European and World championships hosted by Turkey. In addition, the TGF promotes and organizes traditional wrestling styles such as

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 ...

and

Karakucak 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. ...

International participation

Olympics

World Championships

European Championships

European Games

Mediterranean Games

Islamic Solidarity Games

Military World Games

Summer Universiade

Notable wrestlers

Freestyle

;Men's ;Women's *

Yasemin Adar Yasemin Adar (born 6 December 1991) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 76 kg division. 2 times world (2017,2022) and 6 times European (2016,2017,2018,2019,2022,2023) champions. She also won one of the bronze medals in the wome ...

(born 1991), Olympic medalist,twice world, six-times European champion *

Elif Jale Yeşilırmak Elif Jale Yeşilırmak, née Yulia Guramievna Rekvava (russian: Юлия Гурамиевна Реквава), (born July 30, 1986 in Smolensk, Russia) is a Russian- Turkish female wrestler. She is the first woman wrestler to represent Turkey at ...

(born 1986), European champion * Evin Demirhan (born 1995), European champion

Greco-Roman style

International organizations in Turkey

* 1949 European Wrestling Championships, 25 June - 3 July,

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

1956 Wrestling World Cup The 1956 Wrestling World Cup was held on May 25–31 in Istanbul, Turkey, at the Mithatpaşa Stadium, under the auspices of FILA. The attendance of the event was around 20 thousand spectators at the stadium. Freestyle wrestling competition was held ...

, 25–31 May,

* 1957 World Wrestling Championships, June 1–2,

* 1967 European Wrestling Championships, 07 – 10 July,

1974 World Wrestling Championships The following is the final results of the 1974 World Wrestling Championships. Freestyle competition were held in Istanbul, Turkey and Greco-Roman competition were held in Katowice, Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is ...

(Freestyle), August 29-September, Istanbul * 1977 European Wrestling Championships, 26 – 29 May,

Bursa ( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Prusa, ota, بورسه, Arabic:بورصة) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the ...

* 1989 European Wrestling Championships,(Freestyle) 12 – 14 May,

* 1993 European Wrestling Championships, 20-28 August,

* 1994 World Wrestling Championships (Freestyle), August 25–28,

* 1999 World Wrestling Championships (Freestyle), October 7–10,

2001 European Wrestling Championships The 2001 European Wrestling Championships were held in the Greco-Romane in Istanbul and the men's Freestyle style, and the women's freestyle in Budapest. Medal table Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle Refere ...

(Greco-Romane), 19 - 22 April,

* 2004 European Wrestling Championships (Freestyle), 23 – 25 April,

* 2008 World Junior Wrestling Championships, July 29 – August 4, Istanbul * 2009 World Junior Wrestling Championships, August 4–9, Ankara *

2011 World Wrestling Championships The 2011 World Wrestling Championships was held at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey. The event took place between September 12 and September 18, 2011. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Wome ...

, September 12–18, Istanbul *

Wrestling at the 2013 Mediterranean Games The Wrestling competition at the 2013 Mediterranean Games was held in the ''CNR Yenişehir Fair Ground Hall C'' in Mersin from June 22 to June 26, 2013. Medal table Medalists Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle See also ...

, 22-26 June, Mersin * 2015 European Juniors Wrestling Championships, 23–28 June, Istanbul * 2016 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament 2, 6–8 May, Istanbul * 2018 European U23 Wrestling Championship, 4-10 June, Istanbul * Wrestling at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games, 10-13 August, Konya

References

External links

* {{Sports governing bodies in Turkey

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Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

Organizations based in Ankara Sports organizations established in 1923 1923 establishments in Turkey