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What is the traditional sport of oil wrestling, originally brought by the Ottomans, still practised in some northern regions during summer festivals?

Answer: yaÄŸlı güreÅŸ — YaÄŸlı güreÅŸ (oil wrestling), a centuries-old sport where wrestlers coat themselves in olive oil before competing, is still practised in parts of Thrace and Macedonia during summer panegyria.

Yağlı güreş (oil wrestling), a centuries-old sport where wrestlers coat themselves in olive oil before competing, is still practised in parts of Thrace and Macedonia during summer panegyria.

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