Nationalism and Globalization in Turkish Football

Voices from Fan Culture

John Konuk Blasing

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Routledge
31 March 2025

Sociology: sport & leisure; Football (Soccer, Association football)

Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

Telling an important story about the development of modern Turkey, this fascinating book examines the place of football in Turkish society and the relationship between Turkish sport, nationalism, and globalization.

Drawing on original ethnographic research with Turkish football fans, as well as players and coaches, the book argues that Turkish sport, particularly football, has played an important role in Turkish modernity, offering another way to mark Turkish national identity. At the same time, as football has become part and parcel of the global culture industry, the inclusive aspect of Turkish sport is threatened by the trend to commodification and mediatization, as football has become less of a national project and more of a global project increasingly intertwined with the global economy.

Blending history, sociology, political science, and cultural analysis, this book is important reading for anybody with an interest in football, fandom, nationalism, modernity, Middle Eastern or European studies, or the relationship between sport and wider society.

By: John Konuk Blasing
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 700g
ISBN: 9781032901275
ISBN 10: 1032901276
Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
Pages: 276
Publication Date: 31 March 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Konuk Blasing is an independent scholar in sociology who divides his time between the United States and Turkey.