Parallels between Turkish soccer and general elections could prove uncanny
By James M. Dorsey With electoral upsets having become the norm, the latest upheaval that last week swept aside the long-standing...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 17, 2016
- 4 min
Power in Turkey: Islamist power struggle returns to the pitch
By James M. Dorsey The opening of a court case against Turkish soccer star Hakan Sukur on charges of insulting the president takes Recep...
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James M. Dorsey
- May 30, 2016
- 5 min
Turkish soccer brawls: The battle for the future of the Kemalist state
By James M. Dorsey Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dresses up his increasing authoritarianism with nationalist and religious...
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James M. Dorsey
- Dec 17, 2015
- 4 min
Turkish-Russian tension set to spill onto European pitches
By James M Dorsey The escalating Turkish-Russian crisis following Turkey’s downing in November of a Russian war plane promises to spill...
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James M. Dorsey
- Oct 30, 2015
- 5 min
Turkish soccer offers Erdogan headaches instead of voters in walk-up to election
By James M. Dorsey Turkish soccer has offered President Recep Tayyip Erdogan more headaches than likely votes as the Turkish leader...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jan 15, 2015
- 5 min
Turkish soccer: Illiberal President Erdogan’s latest victim
Tayip Recep Erdogan helps carry the coffin of Ulker founder Sabri Ulker to its final resting place in 2012 By James M. Dorsey Turkish...
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James M. Dorsey
- May 2, 2014
- 4 min
The battle for Taksim, a battle for Turkey’s soul
Carsi demonstrates in Besikats By James M. Dorsey Militant supporters of Istanbul’s top three soccer clubs added muscle to thousands of...
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James M. Dorsey
- Apr 12, 2014
- 4 min
Erdogan chooses soccer for first-post election strike against Islamist opponents
Hakan Sukur Stadium no more By James M. Dorsey Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Recep Erdogan, fresh from a resounding victory in municipal...
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James M. Dorsey
- Mar 12, 2014
- 8 min
Turkish soccer politics: a mesh of murky politics and alleged corruption
Aziz Yildirim during mass anti-government protest By James M. Dorsey A stocky military contractor and football club president convicted...
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James M. Dorsey
- Feb 18, 2014
- 5 min
Murky Turkish soccer politics mesh with massive corruption scandal
Fenerbahce fans protest By James M. Dorsey Always murky, Turkish soccer politics have become even murkier as a politics-laden...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jan 21, 2014
- 5 min
Turkish match fixing: A precursor to corruption scandal rocking the government
Aziz Yildirim: Culprit, Pawn or Victim? By James M. Dorsey When Aziz Yildirim, the head of Turkey’s foremost soccer club, Fenerbahce SK,...
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James M. Dorsey
- Sep 30, 2013
- 6 min
Turkish and Egyptian ultras fight for their existence
Besiktas fans invade the pitch By James M. Dorsey Much like the Muslim Brotherhood, militant soccer fans in Egypt and Turkey are fighting...
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James M. Dorsey
- Sep 25, 2013
- 5 min
Turkish soccer pitches re-emerge as political battlefields
By James M. Dorsey Turkish soccer pitches have reasserted themselves as political battlefields following the death of a protester and the...
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James M. Dorsey
- Aug 27, 2013
- 6 min
Turkey moves to prevent protests in stadiums and on campus
By James M. Dorsey Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government has announced a series of measures to prevent soccer stadiums...
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James M. Dorsey
- Aug 23, 2013
- 1 min
The politics of Indonesian and Turkish soccer: a comparative analysis (with Leonard Sebastian)
Soccer & Society Volume 14, Issue 5, 2013 Special Issue: Football in Asia Select Language​▼ Translator disclaimer The politics of...
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James M. Dorsey
- Aug 6, 2013
- 3 min
Turkish government bans political slogans during soccer matches
By James M. Dorsey Turkish interior minister Muammer Güler has banned the chanting of political slogans during the country’s next soccer...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jul 13, 2013
- 4 min
Tactical retreat: Ultras absent from protests in Egypt and Turkey
By James M. Dorsey Militant, highly politicized soccer fans who played key roles in the toppling of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak,...
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