Turkey is a Muslim country where being gay is not illegal anymore but it is still very much a taboo subject, and LGBT people risk a great deal by ‘coming out’ to family, friends and employers. There is the ever constant pressure on the need to curb their behavior less they get exposed and suffer some of the very tough consequences.

Yet as a complete paradox the ancient sport of Turkish wresting could not be possible be anymore homoerotic if it had been invented by the LGBT community itself.  It’s a physical contact where the aim is to grab your opponents oiled up penis as often as you can, and if that is not enough, tradition maintains if a younger opponent beats an older one, he gets to plant a big wet smacker on him.  Presumably on the lips.

It all starts when each contestant pours olive oil on his opponent.   We are guessing that Extra Virgin is the best type.

The boys must wear  skin-hugging leather pants called a “kispet” and they are purposely tight and well-tied to make it difficult to reach into. Hmmm, but judging from the photos not too tight otherwise they will never get felt up.

The point is for guys put their hands down each others’ pants. and in fact the farther you get your arm down, the more of a winner you are!. The weird thing is that the losers (!) don’t look too unhappy at all.

Of course if you cannot go down the front of the trousers, then a grapple and grope down the back seems to be a very popular move with these well oiled hunks too.

It is the one sport where even the most competitive men is more than happy to lose.  And of course they are all 100% heterosexual, even in their biggest fan base is definitely not!