A Not-So-Friendly Match Between ‘Old Turkey’ and ‘New Turkey’: Turkish Football and Stadiums as a Domain of Hegemonic Struggle

IF 0.5 Q3 AREA STUDIES Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI:10.1080/25765949.2021.2009196

Hüseyin Kalaycı

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Abstract The Turkish Football League has been the stage of a struggle between the secular ‘Old Turkey’ and neo-Ottomanist/Islamist ‘New Turkey’. Despite having established an authoritarian regime and concentrated power in his hands, football stadiums are still places of resistance against and a source of anxiety for President Erdoğan. Those who feel the need to protest against interference with their lifestyle by the governing Islamist party exhibit their reactions in stadiums with chants expressing their loyalty to Atatürk. In that respect, Erdoğan has been particularly interested in establishing his hegemony in the sports sector, which would allow him to break one of the last bastions of resistance against his rule. For that purpose, Erdoğan resorted to draconian measures to stifle the growing voices of protest while he embarked on the creation of a neo-Ottoman and conservative memory as well as inspiring the fascination of the masses by constructing new stadiums. However, one unexpected development was witnessed: the resurrection of Atatürk.

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“旧土耳其”和“新土耳其”之间不那么友好的比赛:土耳其足球和体育场作为霸权斗争的领域

土耳其足球联赛一直是世俗的“旧土耳其”和新奥斯曼主义/伊斯兰主义的“新土耳其”之间斗争的阶段。虽然建立了独裁政权，掌握了权力，但足球场仍然是总统的反抗场所和焦虑的来源Erdoğan。那些认为有必要抗议执政的伊斯兰政党对他们生活方式的干涉的人，在体育馆里用表达他们对atatatrk的忠诚的口号来表达他们的反应。在这方面，Erdoğan特别有兴趣在体育领域建立自己的霸权，这将使他能够打破反对他统治的最后堡垒之一。为此，Erdoğan采取了严厉的措施来压制日益增长的抗议声音，同时他开始创造一个新奥斯曼帝国和保守的记忆，并通过建造新的体育场馆来激发群众的兴趣。然而，一件意想不到的事情发生了:atat rk的复活。

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