An Evaluation of Turkish Wrestling History during the Ottoman Empire

Sıymık ARSTANBEKOV

The aim of this research is to answer questions about the history of wrestling, how it was interpreted by local sports historians and how it was institutionalized during the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans, who gave great importance to wrestling and wrestlers, had traditional institutions that could surpass the contemporary club phenomenon. A descriptive research and comparison model, which is one of the designs included in the qualitative approach, was used in the study. The research of M. Turkmen, the subject expert, was taken to the centre of the study and the research was limited to the Ottom ...Более