On the “Compelled Marriage in Sports activities” seminar held at Close to East College, the social and political dimensions of sports activities on the island had been mentioned!
The “Compelled Marriage in Sports activities” seminar, organized by Close to East College School of Sports activities Sciences, Division of Bodily Schooling and Sports activities Instructing, was attended by the Vice President of the Turkish Cypriot Sports activities Writers Affiliation (KTSYD), Specialist. It was held with the participation of Ahmet Özyaşar.
Within the seminar held with intense participation within the Pink Corridor of the School of Tourism of Close to East College; The ebook titled “Compelled Marriage in Sports activities”, written by Ahmet Özyaşar and discussing the connection between sports activities and politics within the Turkish Cypriot Neighborhood from the Ottoman Empire to the current, was mentioned. Whereas Ahmet Özyaşar conveyed data to the members of the occasion in regards to the content material of the ebook, vital factors in regards to the social construction of sports activities on the island and the impact of politics on sports activities had been highlighted within the seminar.
On the occasion attended by Turkish Cypriot Sports activities Writers Affiliation President Necati Özsoy and Board Member Ahmet Özsoy, Close to East College School of Sports activities Sciences Dean Prof. Dr. Mehtap Tiryakioğlu, Deputy Dean Prof. Dr. Hasan Ulaş Yavuz, Vice Dean and Head of Bodily Schooling and Sports activities Instructing Division Prof. Dr. Nazım Serkan Burgul, Teaching Schooling Division Head Assoc. Dr. Deniz Erdağ, Recreation Division Head Assoc. Dr. Hakan Atamtürk, school members and plenty of college students took half. Within the seminar, which ended with a query and reply session, a certificates of appreciation was introduced to Necati Özsoy and Ahmet Özyaşar.
Necati Özsoy: “The state ought to now have a sports activities coverage with a sure framework!”
In his speech on the seminar, Necati Özsoy, President of the Turkish Cypriot Sports activities Writers Affiliation, emphasised that sports activities insurance policies within the nation ought to be positioned inside a transparent framework. “The state ought to now have a sports activities coverage with a sure framework,” mentioned Özsoy, including that sports activities ought to be managed in a extra systematic and sustainable manner. Özsoy said that he hopes the Ministry of Youth and Sports activities will change into lively once more for functions reminiscent of encouraging younger folks to do sports activities and creating the sports activities infrastructure. Lastly, Özsoy added that he thought such a ministry would contribute to the creation of a long-term technique protecting all branches of sports activities.
The 'compulsory and shut' relationship between sports activities and politics within the Turkish Cypriot group; Within the ebook “Compelled Marriage in Sports activities”!
Ahmet Özyaşar, who examined the 'impression of politics on sports activities' with examples through the transformation course of in TRNC's sports activities historical past and at present, defined the phases that Turkish Cypriot Sports activities went via in politics in his presentation. As Özyaşar began his speech; “Sports activities on this island have by no means been simply sports activities, and soccer has by no means been simply soccer. “Sports activities, soccer and golf equipment have all the time been become a instrument for political occasions and organizations,” he mentioned.
Özyaşar said that sports activities, particularly soccer, is not only a department of sports activities, but additionally performs an vital function in social areas by being intertwined with politics, and mentioned this vital relationship with examples from the historic course of, and said how sports activities are used for political functions and the way these two fields have an effect on one another. Özyaşar said that the identify “Compelled Marriage in Sports activities” symbolizes the mandatory and shut relationship between sports activities and politics within the Turkish Cypriot group; “Think about a wedding wherein the husband and spouse don’t love one another, however they can not separate as a result of they want one another. Our golf equipment and sports activities branches have been linked to politics from previous to current. “Now we have such an fascinating construction that we hate one another however on the similar time we feed off one another,” he mentioned.
The significance of sports activities within the wrestle for existence of the Turkish Cypriot group and within the political context was mentioned with examples…
Noting how political occasions and organizations in Turkish Cypriot historical past had been formed via sports activities, Özyaşar briefly said the next in his presentation: “Now we have seen with examples that the Turkish Resistance Group (TMT) turned sports activities golf equipment into group facilities within the Nineteen Fifties. We noticed that Kemal Şemiler, the legendary president of Çetinkaya, who was the serdar of Nicosia on the time and one of the highly effective males of TMT, determined to shut the membership and its soccer gamers, who’re additionally members of TMT, on the grounds of higher administration and administration, and its soccer gamers to be included into the Çetinkaya Membership. The issues skilled by soccer gamers reminiscent of Zihni Kalmaz attributable to their political opinions and the truth that the athlete nicknamed 'Galliga' was virtually declared a 'traitor' clearly reveals the connection between sports activities and politics. “As well as, whereas it reveals how nationalist emotions are tried to be built-in into soccer, as in lots of unhealthy examples, it additionally reveals the potential of sports activities to offer messages of peace and friendship,” he mentioned.
