Career
Born on 11 April 1931 in the village Söğütpınar in Çarşamba district of Samsun Province, he began wrestling in his age of 18. Mustafa Dağıstanlı was admitted 1958 to the national team He is with 70 times the most capped Turkish wrestler and also Turkey"s internationally most podium winning wrestler.
Following his retirement, he entered politics and served between 1973 and 1980 as deputy of his hometown Samsun from the Justice Party.
Recently, Mustafa Dağıstanlı owns an overland coach business in Ankara bearing his family name. 1954 World Wrestling Championships in Tokyo, Japan -gold (Freestyle Bantamweight).