This is sure to be a fun evening with great meze, raki (a traditional Turkish liquor), and Turkish contemporary music. And to get the party started we suggest some camel wrestling! Camel fighting is to the Turks what bullfighting is to Spaniards. The Selcuk Camel Wrestling Festival is a huge, very popular event held annually in late January in Selcuk, Turkey. The spectators gather early in the morning for good seats and they bring picnic and even barbecue, all prepared for a long …and often cold day. The sport is a legacy from ancient Turkish nomad tribes that developed this game as a hobby in the winter when they had to leave the freezing mountains. Winter also happens to be when camels mate, so the fighting instinct comes naturally and it’s all really a boyish fight to win the attention of the female. The lucky man who owns a fighting camel is by tradition a hero in his home village, and when his camel wins, the whole village gathers to celebrate. Children admire him, men fear to him, and women compete for his attention. And who wouldn’t want all that? So for a festive night of guaranteed laughter and great food, hook up with some friends for your very own camel fighting and Turkish meze→