This is oil wrestling, an ancient sport practised in Turkey and parts of Iran and the Balkans. At its heart, it consists of two pehlivan (wrestlers) doused in olive oil, locked in a slippery struggle.

By Ben Hubbard Reporting from Istanbul Syria’s new interim leader, meeting on Tuesday with the president of Turkey, thanked him for backing the rebel forces that toppled the Assad dictatorship ...

MORE than 500 investors have started their claims process against Switzerland for its forced write-down of Credit Suisse’s Additional Tier 1 (AT1) bonds in March 2023, said Singapore law firm Drew & ...

Held for 664 years, the Kırkpınar Oil Wrestling Championship is the world’s oldest ongoing sporting event. Pictured is reigning champion Yusuf Can Zeybek oiling himself before a match ...

Credit: Vasif Sahoglu/Phys.org Archaeologists in Turkey have recently unearthed the 3,600-year-old skeleton of a man and his dog, victims of the Santorini volcano eruption, in the ancient Greek ...

Archaeologists believe they have found the site where Alexander the Great and his forces fought the Battle of Granicus against the Persian Empire in Çanakkale, Turkey. A team of archaeologists ...

Today Sehri time in Turkey is 05:58 am and Iftar time in Turkey as per Fiqa Jafria is 5:44 pm as on 02 February 2025. This year Ramadan in Turkey is expected to start on 10 March and ends on 8 April ...

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