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Posted: 4/7/2000
ISTANBUL- Reuters reports that a Turkish sports figure
wants to stop a bear club from attending
the Kirkpinar oil wrestling championships, to be held this
July in the northwestern city of Edirne.
For more information see the complete
article at Yahoo News.
To learn more about the club at the center of this controversy, see
the Bears of
Turkey profile on Resources for Bears. The club's web
page has a section about their plans to visit the
Kirkpinar tournament, with lots of wrestling
pictures. Finally, you can check out the tournament's official web site
at www.kirkpinarwrestling.com,
which explains this traditional Turkish sport in more detail.
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