T\u00fcrk tarihinin \u00f6nemli isimlerinden Koca Yusuf’un ki\u015fisel bilgileri merak ediliyor. Peki Koca Yusuf kimdir?<\/p>\n
Koca Yusuf\u00a0(Yusuf \u0130smail; 1857 – 4 Temmuz 1898), Deliormanl\u0131 T\u00fcrk g\u00fcre\u015f\u00e7i.<\/p>\n
Mindere \u00e7\u0131kan ve grekoromen g\u00fcre\u015fi yapan ilk T\u00fcrk pehlivan\u0131 oldu\u011fu san\u0131lmaktad\u0131r. 1885 y\u0131l\u0131nda K\u0131rkp\u0131nar ba\u015fpehlivan\u0131 olmu\u015f; 1894 y\u0131l\u0131ndan itibaren Avrupa ve ABD’de devrin en \u00fcnl\u00fc g\u00fcre\u015f\u00e7ileri ile g\u00fcre\u015fmi\u015ftir. 138 kilo s\u0131kletindeki sporcu, 1.88 metre boyundayd\u0131. ABD turnesinden \u00fclkesine d\u00f6nerken bir gemi kazas\u0131nda ya\u015fam\u0131n\u0131 yitirdi.<\/p>\n
Serbest g\u00fcre\u015fin efsanevi isimlerinden olan Yusuf, iri g\u00f6vdesi,\u00a0g\u00fcre\u015f\u00a0becerisi, g\u00fcc\u00fc ve sporcu ahlak\u0131 ile “Koca” lakab\u0131n\u0131 alm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r. \u00d6nceleri do\u011fdu\u011fu k\u00f6yden \u00f6t\u00fcr\u00fc “Karalarl\u0131 Yusuf”, sonra “\u015eumnulu Yusuf” olarak an\u0131lm\u0131\u015f, 1896’dan itibaren \u00e7\u0131ra\u011f\u0131 “Erikli Mehmet”e “K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck Yusuf” denilmeye ba\u015flan\u0131nca kendisine “B\u00fcy\u00fck Yusuf” denilmi\u015fti.<\/p>\n
D\u00fcnyada \u201cTerrible Turk\u201d (Korkun\u00e7 T\u00fcrk) olarak tan\u0131nd\u0131. Kendisinden sonra ba\u015fka T\u00fcrk g\u00fcre\u015f\u00e7iler de bu unvan\u0131 kulland\u0131lar.<\/p>\n
1900 y\u0131l\u0131nda R\u0131za Tevfik ‘G\u00fcre\u015fte Avrupa Usul\u00fc ile T\u00fcrk Usul\u00fc aras\u0131ndaki Fark ve M\u00fc\u015fahebet\u2019 ba\u015fl\u0131kl\u0131 yaz\u0131s\u0131nda kendisinden Koca Yusuf diye bahsedince yurtta bu isimle an\u0131lmaya ba\u015flanm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r.<\/p>