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Football Fandom, Protest and Democracy offers an in-depth and inside approach to the socio-political history of football in Turkey, where fandom is often revered as part of the national identity, presenting the historical context for football events in the country. Based on original research, the book explores the complex political processes at play in modern Turkey and deepens our understanding of fandom, fan activism and protest movements, questioning all presuppositions about the society and football fandom in Turkey. In particular, it examines the role of football fans in the pro-democracy Gezi Protests of 2013, the history of football in Turkey, the sociology of middle-classes and the transformation of football in the country. Interdisciplinary in nature, this book is a valuable resource for scholars and students of sports sociology, popular culture studies, Turkish studies and media studies.

The Kurds, the largest minority in Turkey, have almost no visibility in Turkish sports. While Kurdish sportspeople are not discouraged from joining in sports activities, their participation is heavily monitored by the government agencies against any manifestation of ethnic identity. Football in the Kurdish regions, seen by the Turkish state as a tool to distract Kurdish youth from political activities, has always been subject to the direct intervention of the civil and military bureaucracy, their presence in club boards is not uncommon. However, a third-division club named Amedspor, challenged all the unwritten rules related to Kurds in sports, at the expense of receiving a recurring suspension from the Turkish Football Federation. This article examines the Kurdish sports and the Amedspor case through Manuel Castells' conception of legitimizing, resistance and project identities

The Kurds, the largest minority in Turkey, have almost no visibility in Turkish sports. While Kurdish sportspeople are not discouraged from joining in sports activities, their participation is heavily monitored by the government agencies against any manifestation of ethnic identity. Football in the Kurdish regions, seen by the Turkish state as a tool to distract Kurdish youth from political activities, has always been subject to the direct intervention of the civil and military bureaucracy, their presence in club boards is not uncommon. However, a third-division club named Amedspor, challenged all the unwritten rules related to Kurds in sports, at the expense of receiving a recurring suspension from the Turkish Football Federation. This article examines the Kurdish sports and the Amedspor case through Manuel Castells' conception of legitimizing, resistance and project identities

In 2013, at Gezi Park of Istanbul, over a million people spontaneously started the largest protest movement in the history of Turkey. The fans of Istanbul's three popular football clubs had an unprecedented engagement in these protests. Online social networks were one of the major channels where dissident expressions took place. This thesis aims to understand supporters' reasons to participate in these protests and the political forms of their mobilization. Beyond football, this engagement is closely associated with a bundle of historical and social conditions and representations, linked with the "republican doxa." A cyber-ethnography on Twitter that covers football supporters' messages helps us trace the urban, secular and "modern" identity of these participants of Gezi, their relationship with politics and their allegiance to republican values. ; En 2013, dans le parc Gezi d'Istanbul, plus d'un million de personnes ont spontanément déclenché le plus grand mouvement protestataire que la Turquie a connu. Les supporters des trois clubs de football les plus populaires d'Istanbul y ont joué un rôle inédit tant par la forme de leur engagement que par leur mode d'action. Le terrain d'expression de cette contestation était essentiellement constitué par les réseaux sociaux en ligne. La thèse propose de comprendre les raisons de l'implication des supporters et interroge la forme politique de cette mobilisation. Au-delà du football, cet engagement est étroitement dépendant d'un ensemble de conditions historiques et sociales, et de représentations liées à une « doxa républicaine ». L'analyse cyber-ethnographique sur Twitter (qui englobe les messages des supporters) nous a permis de repérer les traces de l'identité urbaine, laïque et « moderne » de ces participants de Gezi, leur rapport au politique et leur adhésion aux valeurs républicaines.

Bahar Başer (2013) Diasporada Türk-Kürt Sorunu. Almanya ve İsveç'te İkinci Kuşak Göçmenler. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları (ISBN: 9789750513633), 1. Baskı, 422 sayfa.Diaspora, özellikle diplomasi ve reel politik söz konusu olduğunda dillere pelesenk olan, ancak üzerine yapılmış kapsamlı çalışmaların akademik alanda bile sayılı olduğu bir kavram. Avrupa'da yaşayan ve sayıları milyonları bulan Türk ve Kürt diasporaları da, sıklıkla oy deposu, diplomatik koz ya da siyasal sermaye kaynağı olarak görüldükleri hâlde genelde stereotipler üzerinden ya da "anavatan"larına eklemlenerek algılanıyorlar...