Self-explanatory sporno: Turkish oil wrestling

I went looking for Wimbledon pics yesterday and instead discovered this series of photos from a Turkish oil wrestling tournament. This is, if I'm not mistaken, the reason our contributing editor Mark Simpson invented the word sporno.   

All photos by Getty Images; click any to enlarge.

Aaaaand a few more after the jump...

 

Comments

[nico]

I've actually been there and witnessed it! they sometimes stick their hands down their opponants pants to gain control!

[who cares?]

Oooohhh -- pudgy turks all slathered in oil. Must be interesting to gay people, right? Uh, not.

[Cyril]

Great stuff--I have the photo book by Lawrence Grecco, "TURKISH WRESTLING" and I get off to it almost daily.

[Christopher]

Hey Who Cares?

There are a lot of different gay people who aren't shallow little prissy douches like you. Stick to your own dinky little nothings.

[Hey Christopher!]

I take it all back. After a douche I just remembered my own Turkish mud wrestling experience. It was called coffee. My nothing may be dinky but I bet its bigger than yours.

[Baby Jane Hudson]

Quiet Witches! Enough of this pitter
patter; there are more important things in this world to worry about than being mean to each other. Love! Love I say!

[chris]

thats awesome. i love me some oily boys.

[desmond]

hmm. i may have to get the Turkish Wrestling book. haha.

[john]

Though sport indeed! And I believe, it doesn't recall anything about sexuality! It is always possible to find sexuality in any type of sport when you look from different (sick) angles, right? Even swimming!

[Fredo777]

"Who cares?" I do.

A bunch of burly, oiled macho-men grasping at each other in rubber pants... interesting to gay people? Fuckin' A.