YAŞAR ERKAN Eng
Yaşar
Erkan (dated 1912, Erzincan - May 18, 1986 Istanbul) is the athlete, wrestler
who won the first gold medal of the Republic of Turkey in the Olympics. Yasar
Erkan, after winning the gold medal in the 1936 Summer Olympics, "I was
unable to hold myself in the honor of our glorious flag on the championship
chronicle, my eyes are flooded with ages. It is the most beautiful and
beautiful of the pleasures of holding our flag in front of Hitler and a hundred
and twenty thousand people in honor of honor and listening to our beautiful
martial standing. "At a time when there was a great enthusiasm, a civil
servant in Turkey took a telegram with a Morse alphabet. ..
"Be yourself young; But you did an
important job for the country. Your name has now passed on to Turkish sports
history. Long live! " The telegram comes from Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Later, Erkan was given a house by Atatürk and at the same time, he was changed
to Erkan, meaning the leader of a community by Naçar Atatürk, who is the
surname of the athlete and which means helpless. Lived Erkan was a tailor at
the same time. After winning the Balkan championship in 1940, he left
wrestling. Erkan passed away on May 18, 1986. The grave is in the Cemetery
Cemetery in Zeytinburnu.
REFERENCE:
Dünya Şampiyonu Olan Yaşar’ın Beyanatı (Haber,10.08.1936), Türk Güreş ve Spor
Tarihinin İlk Olimpiyat Şampiyonu Erzincan/ Refahiye'li Yaşar Erkan
(kemahspor.com, 17.02.2019).
