Kurtdereli Mehmet

[1] He lived most of his life in the village of Kurtdere, 40 km from Balıkesir.

He fought with all of the famous wrestlers of his time and gained notoriety throughout Asia Minor and Europe.

Among the Turkish wrestlers brought to France by Doublier were Kurtdereli Mehmet Pehlivan, Kartanci Mehmhet Pehlivan, Yusuf Ismail, Kara Osman, and Nurullah Hasan.

[4][5] The surname he took after the adoption the 1934 Law in Turkey on Family Names was Baykurt.

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