Some guys buy sports cars to cope with turning 40. Gökhan Mekik flew 5,500 miles, tugged on trousers of water buffalo hide, slathered his upper body in olive oil and went to battle in the Turkish ...

If the Turkish-oil-wrestling episode of The L Word was like a night on Ecstasy (it felt amazing at the time, but left a bad taste in your mouth and made your back hurt), this week’s show was the ...

Some traditions are meant to be preserved — the Kirkpinar Turkish Oil Wrestling Tournament in late June / early July is one of them. For the 661st year (!), men covered themselves in olive oil and ...