ΦΕΣΤΙΒΑΛΤΗΣ ΚΙΡΚΠΙΝΑΡ ΠΑΛΗΣ ΜΕ ΛΑΔΗ

Contents
Photograph Index vi
Acknowledgments vii
Kırkpınar Oil Wrestling The World’s Oldest Championship 1
The History of the Kırkpınar 2
Inside the Palace: 5
Getting In 8
Getting There 9
Inside the History of the Palace 10
The Cazgır 12
The Age of Ağas 14
Peşrev 15
Clothes Make the Wrestler 16
Drowing in Oil 17
By the Sweat of Their Brows 18
And the Winner Is… 20
The 2010 Kırkpınar Oil Wrestling Championship 22
The 649th Kırkpınar Championship 2010 Results 24
Famous Wrestlers 26
The Father of Turks 33
The Başpehlivans Since The Founding Of The Turkish Republic. 35
Edirne: A Crossroad to History 39
Spectator Sport 42
Bibliography 46