These are the Kings of the Mountain, the Mightiest of the Mighty.
Kenan Şimşek
Champion for 2003
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Our crew flies down to Antalya, then up to Altinyayla village for Turkey’s second-biggest annual tournament. First Day: Wrestlers are more relaxed here than at Edirne (no TV crews to bug them), with plenty of scuffling and horseplay before the tournament gets started. Many of the stars from Kirkpinar are here too. After the little guys have their shot at glory the teen-agers and young men take the field, and we are up close capturing over twenty fierce battles, including a couple who lost their match by losing their trunks. You would never want to mess with any of these fierce scrappers, yet at day’s end in the town square you drink (tea) with the mellowest crowd of jocks in the world.
Images from Turk Fights #08, Part 3
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