KIRKPINAR HEAD WRESTLERS OF THE REPUBLIC PERIOD
1- Albanian Benli Abdullah-(1924)
2- Yusuf Pehlivan from Geçkinli-(1925)[1]
3- Kara Emin from Edirne Çömlek Village-(1926)
4- Rıfat Güreşen from Manisa-(1927)
5- Albanian Mülâyim Pehlivan (Acar)-(1928)
6- Mülayim Pehlivan from Gostivar-(1929)
7- Kara Ali Acar from Bandırma-(1930)
8- Himmet Pehlivan-Çoban Mehmet from Edirne (1931)[2]
9- Kara Ali Acar from Bandırma –(1932)
10- Hüseyin Aklaya from Tekirdağ –(1933)
11- Mülayim Pehlivan ile Hüseyin Aklaya from Tekirdağ-(1934)[3]
12- Hüseyin from Tekirdağ-(1935-1936-1937-1938-1940-1941-1942)
13- İbrahim from Kozpınar-(1943)
14- Süleyman Ertaş from Hayrabolu-(1944)
15- İbrahim Erdi from Babaeski-(1945)
16- Şerif Ünal from Sındırgı-(1946)
17- İsmail Çolak-Süleyman Ertaş from Hayrabolu-(1947)[4]
18- Mustafa Yenici from Babaeski-(1948)
19- Şerif Ünal from Sındırgı-(1949)
20- Süleyman from Hayrabolu-(1950)
21- İrfan Atan from Adapazarı-(1951)
22- Tarzan Mehmet from Balıkesir-(1952)
23- İrfan Atan from Adapazarı-(1953)
24- İbrahim Karabacak from Samsun-(1954)
25- İrfan Atan from Adapazarı-(1955)
26- İbrahim Karabacak from Samsun-(1956)
27- Hasan Acar from Bandırma-(1957)
28- Adil Atan from Adapazarı-(1958)
29- İbrahim Karabacak from Samsun-(1959-1960)
30- Mehmet Ali Yağcı from Sındırgı-(1961)
31- M.Ali Yağcı ile Kara Ali (1962) [5]
32- Sezai Kanmaz from Adapazarı-(1963)
33- M.Ali Yağcı from Sındırgı-(1964)
34- Ali Çelik from İzmir-(1965)
35- Mustafa Bük from Ordu-(1966-1967-1968) Altın Kemer
36- Nazmi Uzun from Babaeski-(1969)
37- Kara Ali ile Aydın Demir-(1970)[6]
38- Denizlili Hasan Şahin-(1971)
39- Akhisarlı Mustafa Yıldız from Akhisar-(1972)
40- Davut Yılmaz from Ordu-(1973)
41- Kara Ali Çelik from İzmir-(1974)
42- Wrestlings were canceled by the Municipality.(1975)
43- Aydın Demir from Karamürsel-(1976-1977-1978) The Golden Belt
44- Sabri Acar from Bandırma-(1979)
45- Muğlalı Mehmet Güçlü from Muğla-(1980)
46- Mustafa Yıldız from Akhisar-(1981) (With the decision of refree)
47- Hüseyin Çokal from Denizli-(1982-1983-1984) The Golden Belt
48- Sabri Acar from Bandırma-(1985)
49- İbrahim Gümüş from Balıkesir-(1986)
50- Recep Kılıç from Hatay-(1987)
51- Recep Gürbüz from Antalya-(1988)
52- Saffet Kayalı from Balıkesir-(1989)
53- Ahmet Taşçı from Karamürsel-(1990-1991-1992-1993) The Golden Belt
54- Cengiz Elbeye from Antalya–(1994)
55- Karamürselli Ahmet Taşçı from Karamürsel-(1995-1996-1997) The Golden Belt
56- Cengiz Elbeye from Antalya-(1998)
57- Ahmet Taşçı from Karamürsel-(1999)
58- Vedat Ergin from Ankara-(2000-2001)
59- Hasan Tuna from Antalya-(2002)
60- Kenan Şimşek from Ordu-(2003)
61- Recep Kara from Ordu-(2004)
62- Şaban Yılmaz-(2005)
63- Osman Aynur from Antalya-(2006)
64- Recep Kara from Ordu-(2007-2008)
65- Mehmet Yeşilyeşil-(2009-2010)
66- Ali Gürbüz-(2011-2012)
67- İsmail Balaban-(2013)
68- Fatih Atlı- (2014)
69- Orhan Okulu- (2015)
70- Recep KARA- (2016)
71- İsmail Balaban- (2017)
72- Orhan Okulu (2018)
73- Ali Gürbüz (2019)
74- Ali Gürbüz (2021)
75- Mustafa Taş (2022)
76- Yusuf Can Zeybek (2023)
[1] There is no any document and it is a rumor among people.
[2] They drew.
[3] They drew.
[4] Because they couldn’t defeat each other, the winner of the competition was not declared.
[5] Because they couldn’t defeat each other, the winner of the competition was not declared.
[6] Because they didn’t comply with the decision of the arbitral tribunal and they gave up wrestling without defeating each other, the wrestling of head wrestlers was not accomplished.
