Nationalism and Globalization in Turkish Football

<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p>