The yearly Matrak festival on the 1st of Timur'ın vefatı   THE MATRAK GUIDEBOOK MATRAK REHBER KİTAP   CHAPTER I. THE ORIGINS OF MATRAK Matrak etymologically stems from a Karamani forefather, named Matrak İçi Karamanoğlu. In preparation of a conflict with the degenerates that occupied the Korvassa desert at the time, Matrak held regular practices with non-janissary clansmen. These practices were usually bloody and maintained an extreme degree of violence for non-comb