« Turk is beautiful ! »

« Turk is beautiful ! »

People of Turkish origin form the major immigrant community in Europe and the major foreign population in the Rhine basin. Empirical data collected through interviews and observations in situ in French and German football clubs gathering mainly Turkish players bring evidence that sport-association i...

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Main Author: Pierre Weiss
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Association Internationale des Sociologues de Langue Française 2013-06-01
Series:Sociologies
Subjects:
turkish minority
soccer clubs
militant action
identity
Rhine basin
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/sociologies/4378
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« Turk is beautiful ! »
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turkish minority
soccer clubs
militant action
identity
Rhine basin
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title « Turk is beautiful ! »
title_short « Turk is beautiful ! »
title_full « Turk is beautiful ! »
title_fullStr « Turk is beautiful ! »
title_full_unstemmed « Turk is beautiful ! »
title_sort « turk is beautiful ! »
publisher Association Internationale des Sociologues de Langue Française
series Sociologies
issn 1992-2655
publishDate 2013-06-01
description People of Turkish origin form the major immigrant community in Europe and the major foreign population in the Rhine basin. Empirical data collected through interviews and observations in situ in French and German football clubs gathering mainly Turkish players bring evidence that sport-association is understood like a support for a collective militant action. For this ethnic minority, the action aims to win the power of defining itself, according to its own criteria. The article discusses the social and cultural meanings of this militant friendship in France and Germany, whose concealed challenge seems to be the ideological control of Turkish youth in emigration.
topic turkish minority
soccer clubs
militant action
identity
Rhine basin
url http://journals.openedition.org/sociologies/4378
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