"Beat & Release": Camel Wrestling Festival Postponed After Camel Owner is Shot Dead, in Ezine

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 10 February 2025)

                        They'd walk a mile for a camel.

In Çanakkale province's Ezine district, Kerim Özdemir (31) 

took part in a dinner the night before last related to the

Yahya Çavuş Camel Wrestling Festival (!), that was supposed 

to begin yesterday.  During the dinner, Özdemir stepped outside 

to take a phone call and got into an argument with Yalçın Can

(25, a camel driver from Ayvacık. 

         Contestants glad to hear about postponement. 

The two had previously been involved in a camel sale

dispute.  As their argument turned into a fight, Can shot

Özdemir to death and fled.  Can was later apprehended

by the Gendarmerie.  

The incident has caused the festival to be postponed.