Kirkipinar is a Turkish oil-wrestling tournament dating back more than 660 years. It is held annually over three days, usually in July, near Erdine, a city in the northwest of Turkey. Wrestlers (‘pehlivan’) wearing leather breeches (‘kispet’) compete on grass, after being covered with oil.
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Turkey
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu was born in Rize, Turkey in 1986. She graduated from Yildiz Technical University in 2014 and began working as a freelance photographer. She is now an Anadolu Agency photojournalist based in Istanbul.