Eight years after his passing, Türkiye has enshrined Naim Süleymanoğlu's legacy by transforming his childhood home in Bulgaria into a museum that traces the remarkable rise of one of the most dominant weightlifters in history.
The restored stone house, where the boy who would become the “Pocket Hercules” first began shaping his strength and identity, opened Tuesday with a ceremony attended by Turkish ministers, community leaders and thousands of visitors from Türkiye and Bulgaria’s Turkish minority.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) oversaw the project, working closely with the Süleymanoğlu family to collect original belongings, medals, photo
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