Information that the settlement here existed from 7500 BC. Eh, plunged me into a stupor and forced to calculate this period by sharing it for thousands of years, and then hundreds of years. Yes, long ago, people settled here, that's just well-preserved monuments of those times, no in mom. Too careless attitude of the authorities to the old days and the seismic-resistant region - Konya. In the city of Millionnic, there are plenty of modern buildings, such as university buildings, and from antiquities Impressed the Mausoleum of Mevlyany. But not monuments of antiquities led us here, far from the sea.
We are Russians who came to watch traditional Turkish competitions on male struggle in oil.
To do this, we had to drive away a little further from Konya. Mountain narrow tracks with cunning boulders and the southern temperament of the driver finished us completely - the muttered of everyone. They say there are here and the other road along the coast and then on the plain, but we chose serpentine passes and now reached the fruits of this choice. Unexpectedly, the mountains were parted and a huge plateau filled with hundreds of fans filled with hundreds of cars was spread. On one of the slopes, a huge Turkish flag was stretched and local "Jeprei" thought for the honor of rising under the unreal angle to approach him. At the entrance, we bought alpine tea from boys, I so understand the most alone. People rested in the shadow of their cars, and some covering the body of their cars and beds in the body of the carpets organized whole mobile apartments there. Many frived kebabs from vegetables, some of the chicken, unfortunately the lamb not everyone afford. With the high cost of gasoline, even come here - already a big waste. In the course of the competition, the organizer was chosen for the next year, it is troublesome honorable and profitable. By the way in a poor Turkey, the winner wrestler receives about $ 8,000. The athletes poured themselves to oil from jugs and cans and jumped over the couples began to fight under the prubing exclamations of the lead.
Under the scorching sun is hot to move. Butter slides without allowing you to take a grip for throwing. Healthy guys with naked torso and leather pants are real heroes, because the struggle goes without limiting time before the fall of the loser. Then the next round, and one more. Even sitting on the podium under the canopy is hot, and what is it like? Plus, there is still a special firing air in the mountains.
There we have seen an interesting natural phenomenon in competitions - a small tornado. He could not move the car or man, but Tornado gladly raised garbage into the air, dust and especially packages. It seemed that the air rotating stream did not confuse anyone, everyone reacted to him calmly and were not distracted by the struggle. Finally, the competition ended and knew the winners. Part of the audience went to a large mountain mosque, and part began to be located for the night. I can not say that these competitions were incredibly dynamic or exciting, but the most exotic is for sure.