Oil wrestling is a traditional Turkish sport. Wrestlers got this name because they wrestle with the fat in their bodies. Competitions are held in special areas. It is a sport that requires great strength and mastery as it becomes difficult for the wrestlers to hold each other due to their bodies being oiled.

In wrestling matches, there is a special communication between the wrestlers and the musicians accompanying the wrestling. With this communication, while the wrestling melody is improvised, the wrestler and the audience get excited and the audience watches the wrestling with enthusiasm.

Kırkpınar Oil Wrestling was included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List of Humanity in 2010 and announced to the whole world.