One of the narratives about Turkey that we hear very often these days is the "Western orientation" of its Kemalist revolution. After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, we are told, Mustafa Kemal and his followers emerged as the saviors of the country by recreating it as a modern republic and turning its face to the West.
EDİRNE - It is not the coolest sport but Edirne mayor hopes to put Turkey’s traditional oil wrestling to a higher class, say, like Japan did for sumo wrestling. Mayor Büyük plans to bring some sumo masters to the country and have them wrestle Turks in the Kırkpınar tournament