At the 6th Ethnosport Culture Festival, İsmail Balaban, who won the title of chief wrestler three times, was presented a golden belt by our Confederation President Mr. Necmeddin Bilal Erdoğan. A golden belt was presented by Mr Necmeddin Bilal Erdoğan. İbrahim Türkiş, President of the Turkish Traditional Wrestling Federation, attended the award ceremony.
Confederation makes great contributions to the promotion and popularisation of sports with high historical and cultural value such as oil wrestling. In this direction, the inclusion of Fat Wrestling in the scope of the festival contributes to the survival and transmission of our traditional sports to new generations.
"As the World Ethnosport Confederation, we are proud to increase interest in traditional sports and contribute to one of our important sports such as oil wrestling. Thanks to such events, we continue to keep our cultural heritage alive and carry it to the future."
İsmail Balaban thanked Bilal Erdoğan for his contribution to traditional sports and oil wrestling and said, "You have done great things in terms of popularising our ancestral sports to future generations. I became the first and the last owner of the golden belt by coming first three years in a row. I thank you."
