Purposes of this study were to discuss the “modern
sport” phenomenon with a postcolonial critical
approach, display the place of the sports in the
postcolonial structure through sport labour immigration
and explain the situation in Turkey. According to
this point of view, sport has built upon the old colonial
structure and economic gap between the colony
and colonialist states has deepened with this order.
In sport area, worlds’ powerful economies inevitably
became a central of attraction and it reinforced the
immigration of talents in developing countries with
low costs. Although it would be acceptable for these
individual immigration of these talented players to
the rich countries or their big clubs which affirmed as
the holders of global sports economy means systematic
“deskilling” for their home countries. On the other
hand, parallel to this postcolonial order, countries
which have no formal colonial ties like Turkey have
some immigrant-shaped sport branches. Also, these
countries sport systems serve the postcolonial order
through allowing elder players with astronomic contracts.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Sports Medicine, Health Care Administration |
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | November 17, 2017 |
Submission Date | March 17, 2017 |
Published in Issue | Year 2017 Volume: 28 Issue: 3 |
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