THE MOST MACHO SPORT IN THE WORLD!
Guys, do you know how difficult it was to limit this post to a reasonable size?
Where nearly every conceivable photograph of this sport drips with half-naked, oiled up hunks engaging in hot, manly competition?
I mean, c'mon! It's like they laid a trap for me! :0
Anyway, uh, oil wrestling is the Turkish national sport. The wrestlers, known as pehlivan, wear only a pair of
super tight leather pants called a kisbet.
Did I mention how it's also apparently practiced by THE HOTTEST MEN ON EARTH?
Fuckin'
Turks!
Before each match, the wrestlers lather their entire bodies with a mixture of olive oil and water. This obviously makes it difficult to get a grip on these slicked up fighters!
And when I say their entire bodies . . .
!!!!! 
I really mean it!
But oh geez, I haven't even got to the best part yet.
Okay okay. To win, the wrestlers have to, um.
They have to
Well.
Oh I'm just gonna say it!
THEY GROPE EACH OTHER.
Yes, that's right! Don't look so surprised!
Victory is determined by an effective hold of the opponent's kisbet. So . . . these guys fight by basically thrusting their hands down each other's pants.
NO I'M NOT MAKING IT UP. IT'S TRUE. DO THE RESEARCH. WATCH THE VIDEOS.
Or just ask one of them! They'll tell you!
Those Turks!
It's what they do over there! In Turkey!
No it's NOT GAY! It's very MACHO!
Oh god.
I'm just
I'm just gonna let the rest of the pics speak for themselves.
Goddammit, best sport ever.
Turkish oil wrestling.
THE MOST MACHO SPORT IN THE WORLD!
Guys, do you know how difficult it was to limit this post to a reasonable size?
Where nearly every conceivable photograph of this sport drips with half-naked, oiled up hunks engaging in hot, manly competition?
I mean, c'mon! It's like they laid a trap for me! :0
Anyway, uh, oil wrestling is the Turkish national sport. The wrestlers, known as pehlivan, wear only a pair of super tight leather pants called a kisbet.
Did I mention how it's also apparently practiced by THE HOTTEST MEN ON EARTH?
Fuckin' Turks!
Before each match, the wrestlers lather their entire bodies with a mixture of olive oil and water. This obviously makes it difficult to get a grip on these slicked up fighters!
And when I say their entire bodies . . .
!!!!!
I really mean it!
But oh geez, I haven't even got to the best part yet.
Okay okay. To win, the wrestlers have to, um.
They have to
Well.
Oh I'm just gonna say it!
THEY GROPE EACH OTHER.
Yes, that's right! Don't look so surprised!
Victory is determined by an effective hold of the opponent's kisbet. So . . . these guys fight by basically thrusting their hands down each other's pants.
NO I'M NOT MAKING IT UP. IT'S TRUE. DO THE RESEARCH. WATCH THE VIDEOS.
Or just ask one of them! They'll tell you!
It's what they do over there! In Turkey!
No it's NOT GAY! It's very MACHO!
Oh god.
I'm just
I'm just gonna let the rest of the pics speak for themselves.
Goddammit, best sport ever.
Turkish oil wrestling.
Ok, wow. Why have I never heard of this before?
ReplyDeleteI was watching a documentary on Turkish oil wrestling, and I think my favorite quote was when the proper Englishwoman narrator said:
ReplyDelete"I find it hard to imagine an Englishman clad in nothing but leather, covering himself in oil, and putting his hands down another man's pants."
Clearly that woman's never seen me in the bedroom...
Brb moving to Turkey.
ReplyDeleteIt's a crime against my libido that I've never heard of this before. Best post ever, Soup!
ReplyDeleteLOL! I watched that same documentary, Colly!
ReplyDeletemayb it is out of subject, how can I screen cap a movie :D
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ReplyDeleteWhat a coincidence,
ReplyDeleteI Just wondered, whether I should search for these pics or visit this blog…
Well my decision covered both :D
OH-MY-GOSH!
ReplyDeleteWell, what can I say?
I just LOVE Turkish men, I LOVE this sport and I LOVE you mr. Soupgoblin for posting these awesome pictures!
The. Best. Sport. Ever.
ReplyDeletesucky men o__O
ReplyDeleteVery interesting. Is it possible that some of the men joined the sport JUST to be groped by other men? I mean, well, you don't grope men in the open, but here, it's a grope fest!
ReplyDeleteIf I go to Turkey, I'll make sure it's the grope season - I mean, oil-wrestling season.
I have always found this sport to be veryyyyy.....interesting. But I've only seens it via video clips on You Tube. I've always wanted to see these matches in person.
ReplyDeleteBEST. SPORT. EVER!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing.
ReplyDeletejust WHAT?! god, totally love this sport. gonna make some research too <3
ReplyDeleteI don't know who just woke up one day and said "You know what, I'm going to invent a sport where oiled-up hot guys get together in nothing but tight leather pants and grope one another in order to win", but whoever it was god bless 'em.
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