Köksal Baba

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About

Köksal Bektaşoğlu, better known as Köksal Baba, is a man from Turkey who rose to fame following the upload of a 2015 video which featured him street fighting. Since then, he has become known for his violent personality mixed with his diminutive stature.

Online History

In 2013, Baba, along with his friend Süleyman Köse, began a YouTube channel^[1] documenting his life. A personal website^[2], Twitter account^[4], and Facebook page^[5] were registered around the same time^[3]. Baba also created an account on the photo sharing website Instagram^[6], and had an account on the now-defunct video platform Vine.

On November 7, 2015, the channel uploaded the video "KOKSAL BABA BOXING (LITTLE MAN BOXING)", which gained over 5 million views as of 2017. Later that month, the channel uploaded the video "Koksal Baba With Brand New Car", which gained a similar number of views.

Baba has been reported on by various Internet websites, such as the Turkish Haberler^[8] and the English-language Dose^[9].