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
- 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
- Oct 9, 2013
- 5 min
Turkish soccer’s financial crisis potentially sharpens political divide
By James M. Dorsey Financially stressed Turkish soccer clubs are becoming pawns in the political struggle between Prime Minister Recep...
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