A Companion to Modern Turkey's Centennial: Political, Sociological, Economic and Institutional Transformations since 1923, Alpaslan Özerdem,Ahmet Erdi Öztürk, Editör, Edinburgh University Press , Edinburgh, ss.660-673, 2023
This paper assessess how sports had been significant in the history of Republic of
Turkey in terms of three specific dimensions it had infiltrated: policies,
institutions and identities. In this regard, a particular attention is paid to the intertwinement of politics and sports, where politics is taken
in a broader sense going beyond its traditional scope of decision-making and
day-to-day political activities. This endeavour is mainly explored in three periods of the
Republic, where the first period lasts between 1923 and 1950, when Turkey
adheres to multi-party politics, whereas the second period is between 1950 and
1980, the 12 September coup d’état and the third period lasts from 1980 until
today. Football, as the most popular
branch of sports in modern Turkey (just like anywhere else) is given
particular emphasis.