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Pehlivan means hero or champion in Turkish, in the context of wrestling.
It may refer to:
- Pehlivan, Turkish surname
- Oil wrestlers
- Pehlivan (film), 1984 Turkish film
Pehlivan means hero or champion in Turkish, in the context of wrestling.
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Oil wrestling, also called grease wrestling, is a traditional Turkish sport, where participants, called pehlivan (wrestlers) or başpehlivan, wrestle while covered in oil. Competitions are held in a proving ground called an er meydanı. One challenge of oil wrestling is that oiling the wrestlers' bodies makes it harder to grab each other.
Kırkpınar is a Turkish oil wrestling tournament where Pehlivans (wrestlers) compete for three days. It is held annually, usually in late June, near Edirne, Turkey since 1360. In the finals held on the last day, the first, second and third winners of each category are determined. During the tournament, also the Kırkpınar Festival is organized.
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A governor is an official, usually acting as the executive of a non-sovereign level of government.
Sultan is an Islamic title of authority.
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Kurtdereli Mehmet Pehlivan was a Turkish wrestler. He lived most of his life in the village of Kurtdere, 40 km from Balıkesir. He stood 6'5 (196 cm) tall and weighed 326 lb (148 kg).
Yusuf İsmail, also known as Youssouf Ishmaelo, was a Turkish professional wrestler who competed in Europe and the United States as Yusuf Ismail the Terrible Turk during the 1890s. During his lifetime, native Turks knew him as Şumnulu Yusuf Pehlivan. However, writer Rıza Tevfik posthumously awarded him the honorific Koca ("Great"), and thus he was later remembered as Koca Yusuf.
Yasin Pehlivan is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He is also part of the Austria national team. Since his debut in 2009, he was capped 17 times.
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Kızılcıklı Mahmut Pehlivan was a Turkish wrestler foremost known for his victory over Tom Jenkins in 1908 and loss to Frank Gotch in 1909 during a North American tour.
Ali Ahmet Çapraz is a retired Turkish wrestler with a claim to being undefeated in professional wrestling. He is known widely with the nickname Alamet Pehlivan to Turkish public and used the alias Ali Bey for his international professional wrestling career.
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Pehlivan or Pahlevan derives from Iranian language word meaning noble, wrestler, hero or champion and it is a loan word in many Asiatic languages as well as middle eastern languages including Turkish surname originally given to wrestlers. The name of Feyli (Pehli) Kurds is also deriving from the same root word. The word consist of two Iranic (Aryen) word "pehli" or "pahli" and "van, wan". While peh, pah is root word for hero "van" or "wan" is a suffix similar as in "er, or" in soldier, warrior, wrestler, shopper.
Parti Pehlivan after the Surname Law Mehmet Baskak was a Turkish wrestler and a guerilla leader in the Ottoman Empire of Bosniak decent, and an officer in the Turkish Army during World War I and the Turkish War of Independence. He was an important leader in Kuva-yi Milliye of the Aegean Region. After the declaration of the Turkish Republic he was granted land in Hacıhaliller, Manisa for his services and lived in Manisa until his death.