EDIRNE, Turkey (AP) — On a grass field slick with olive oil and steeped in tradition, hundreds of boys as young as 11 joined the ranks of Turkey’s most time-honored sporting event: the annual ...
Burly wrestlers wearing studded black leather pants and glistening with olive oil grappled for hours in the sun on a grassy field in Turkey’s northwestern city of Edirne over the weekend. (AP video ...
EDIRNE, Turkey (AP) — On a grass field slick with olive oil and steeped in tradition, hundreds of boys as young as 11 joined the ranks of Turkey’s most time-honored sporting event: the annual ...