TURISH ARMWRESTLING HISTORY ALL BEGUN IN 1987 BY THE LEADERSHIP OF ERDOGAN ARIPINAR .HE WAS THEN A REPORTER IN A TURKISH NEWSPAPER AND HE SAW ARMWRESTLING FROM FOREIN SOURCES AND THOUGHT THAT THIS SPORT IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE TURKISH PEOPLE AS THEY LOVE TO CHALLENGE.
HE THEN CONTACTED THE WAF AND BECAME THE REPRESENTATIVE OF WAF IN TURKEY IN 1987  AND HE FOUNDED HIS OWN ORGANIZATION CALLED TURKISH ARMWRESTLING ORGANIZATION WHICH IS NO LONGER ACTIVE NOWAND HE WENT TO REPRESENT TURKEY IN 1987 WORLD CHAMPHIONSHIPS  BUT THERE WAS NO COMPETITOR FROM TURKEY IN THAT TOURNAMENT .
IN 1988 HE STARTED A BIG MOVEMENT AND HELDED  FIRST TURKISH NATIONALS .
THE FIRST TURKISH TEAM WENT TO PARTICIPATE IN SWEDEN AT THE WORLDS 1988 AND TURKEY MADE A SURPRIZING ENTRY TO THE ARMWRESTLING WORLD.
IN 1989 TURKISH TEAM PARTICIPATED AT WORLDS IN GREECE.
IN 1990 TURKISH TEAM DID NOT COMPETE IN USA AT THE WORLDS 1990 BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SPOUNSOUR.
IN 1991 TURKISH TEAM WENT TO ISRAEL TO COMPETE AT THE WORLDS 1991  AND TURKISH NATIONAL CHAMP ,HAYDAR GILDIL,BECAME THE FIRST WORLD CHAMPHION FROM THE TURKISH TEAM.
IN 1992 TURKEY PARTICIPATED AT THE WORLDS IN SWITZERLAND
IN 1993 IN CANADA HAYDAR GILDIL AGAIN BECAME THE WORLD CHAMPHION IN HIS WEIGHT CATEGORY.
IN 1994 THERE WAS NO ACTION OF ARMWRESTLING IN TURKEY
IN 1995 NO ACTION FOR ARMWRESTLING IN TURKEY
IN1996 NO ACTION FOR ARMWRESTLING IN TURKEY
THE THREE YEARS 1994-1997 TURKISH ARMWRESTLING ORGANIZATION DID NOT DO A SINGLE THING TO IMPROVE THIS SPORT IN TURKEY AND MEANWHILE A UNIVERSITY STUDENT ALPER COSAR GOT INTERESTED WITH THIS SPORT AND MET WITH HAYDAR GILDIL THESE TWO MAN TOGETHER WITH THE TURKISH CHAMP AT 70 KGS NURETTIN YUKSEL DECIDE TO CONTACT TO WAF ABOUT THE PROBLEMS OF TURKISH ARMWRESTLING.
WITH THE GREAT EFFORT OF THESE 3 MEN TURKISH ARMSPORT ORGANIZATION WAS FORMED AND THE WAF EXCEPTED THEM TO COME TO THE WAF CONGRESS IN INDIA AT THE WORLDS 1997.
IN THE CONGRESS UNDER THE PRESIDENCY OF HAYDAR GILDIL
TURKISH ARMSPORT ORGANIZATION WAS EXCEPTED BY THE WAF AS THE ONLY AUTHORIZED ORGANIZATION IN TURKEY AND THE OLD ARMWRESTLING ORGANIZATION OF ERDOGAN ARIPINAR WAS NO LONGER ACTIVE
THE FIRST TURKISH TEAM OF OUR ORGANIZATION GOT GREAT RESULTS IN INDIA AT THE WORLDS 1997 AND CAME BACK TO TURKEY WITH LOTS OF MEDALS AND WONDERFUL MEMORIES.

  55 KGS:FEHMI ILHAN
  60 KGS:ENGIN BUYUKKAPUCU
  65 KGS:MUSTAFA TUTUK
  70 KGS:YUSUF UCAK
  75 KGS:HAYDAR GILDIL
  80 KGS.NIYAZI KURT
  85 KGS:DURSUN ONDER
  90 KGS:OZGUR KIZGIN

TURKISH TEAM HAD 48 TEAM POINTS LISTING LIKE THIS:

             -70 KGS "MASTERS WORLD CHAMPHION" NURETTIN YUKSEL
             -+60 "DISABLED WORLD CHAMPHION" NURETTIN YUKSEL
             -70 KGS "WORLD RIGHT HAND 4TH PLACE" NURETTINYUKSEL
 
             -75 KGS "WORLD RIGHT HAND 5th PLACE" HAYDAR GILDIL
 
             -80 KGS "WORLD RIGHT HAND 2ND PLACE" NIYAZI KURT
             -80 KGS "WORLD  RIGHT HAND 4TH PLACE" DURSUN ONDER
 
             -85 KGS "WORLD RIGHT HAND 8TH PLACE" ALPER COSAR
 
            -90 KGS "WORLD LEFT HAND 6 TH PLACE" DURSUN ONDER

            -110 KGS "WORLD MASTERS 3RD PLACE" HILMI YILDIRIM
 
            -50 KGS "WORLD WOMEN RIGHT HAND 3RD PLACE" NURAN PEHLIVAN 

THIS MONTH’S INTERVIEW IS WITH NURETIN YUKSEL
Q: HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN  PULLING?
A: SINCE I WAS 13 YRS OLD
Q: HOW OLD R U NOW?
A: IM 47 YRS OLD NOW.
Q: THAT MEANS YOU HAVE BEEN PULLING FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS,WOW!!!
A: YEP BUT FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE PROFESSIONAL ARMWRESTLING BEFORE THAT I WAS JUST WRESTLING AS I LIKED
Q: SO WHAT ABOUT NOW?
A: NOW I MACTH ACCORDING TO MY OPPONENT BUT STILL IM DOING ALOT OF STRENGHT MATCHES I CANT MAKE TECHNIC ON THE TABLE BECAUSE MY ARMS ROTATION IS GENETICALY WEAK I CAN ONLY TURN THEM 100 DEGREES
Q: IS IT GOOD OR BAD FOR YOU?
A: WELL IT IS GOOD BECAUSE MY OPPENENT CAN NOT GO IN TO MY HOOK HE IS HANGED IN MY HAMMER AS IT IS NOT TURNED.
Q: WHAT IS YOUR MOST MEMORIAL MOMENT TILL NOW IN THIS SPORT?
A: WHEN HAYDAR (MY BEST FRIEND)GOT BEATEN IN INDIA I ALMOST CRIED
Q: WHAT  R YOUR TITLES?
A: I'M TURKISH NATIONAL CHAMPHION SINCE 1988 ALSO I HAVE GOT 5TH PLACE IN RIGHT HAND IN ISRAEL 1991 AND YOU KNOW MY TITLES IN INDIA
Q: DO YOU THINK YOU CAN WRESTLE A FEW MORE YEARS?
A: I WILL PULL TILL IM DEAD THIS SPORT IS INSIDE MY VEINS LIKE A DRUG IT TIES ME TO LIFE ICANNOT LIVE WITH OUT IT
Q: WHAT R YOUR AIMS FOR FUTURE?
A: TO BE WORLD CHAMPHION ON THIS YEARS WORLDS IN ALL THE CATEGORIES I ENTER
Q: OK ,AND WHAT DO YOU DO FOR TRAINING?
A: I DONT USE WEIGHTS MUCH I ONLY DO 2 TIMES A WEEK HAMMER AND TABLE CURLS WITH LOW REPS (10-7-5-3-2-1)AND I DO ALOT FINGER BARFIX AND NORMAL BARFIX
Q: DO U PULL A LOT?
A: ALPER  AND HIS MATCH GROUP COMES TO ME 2 TIMES A WEEK FOR PULLING AND THATS ENOUGH FOR ME AS I CANNOT RECOVER FAST AT THIS AGE
Q: OK THANKS AND BEST WISHES
A: THANK YOU

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