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[1] [5] Bruce Hart gave Croitoru the ring name Orhan Turgedan, the Terrible Turk, a name he only wrestled under for a short time after leaving the promotion. [1] Croitoru continued to wrestle in independent promotions across Canada, such as Grand Prix Wrestling in the Maritimes and Superstars of Wrestling in Windsor, Ontario .
However, when he defeated the Italian Antonio Pieri twice, Pieri sought revenge by trying to find a wrestler who could beat him. He thought he had found such a man in Ahmed Madrali, called the "Terrible Turk", who faced Hackenschmidt at the Olympia London on 30 January 1904. Because of all the ballyhoo, the Olympia was packed and traffic was ...
The members of the "Turkish invasion" (from left to right): Kara Osman, Nurullah Hasan, French promoter Joseph Doublier, and Yusuf Ismail Little is known of his early life prior to his first wrestling appearance in 1894, however, according to Scottish wrestling historian William Baxter, Yusuf Ismail was born Youssuf Ishmaelo in Bulgaria (then part of the Ottoman Empire) in 1857 to a Muslim ...
At the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, the Frozen soundtrack was nominated in two categories – Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media and Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (with credits going to Christophe Beck as composer) – and won the former; the song "Let It Go" won the award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, with credits going to Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez as ...
Le Bourreau turc, sold in the United States as The Terrible Turkish Executioner, or It Served Him Right and in Britain as What Befell the Turkish Executioner, is a 1903 French silent trick film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 534–535 in its catalogues. [1]
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Michael Wright (January 7, 1980 – November 10, 2015) was an American-Turkish professional basketball player. He also held Turkish citizenship. His Turkish name was Ali Karadeniz. [1] [2] He played professional basketball in Poland, Spain, Israel, South Korea, France, Germany, and Turkey. He was murdered in 2015.
Turkish sharpshooter Yusuf Dikec clinched the silver medal in the air pistol team event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. In doing so, the 51-year-old soared to internet stardom.