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2010 World Cup begins. Can Erol to post for Erkan’s Field Diary

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Can Erol, a former student of mine, and a graduate student at Bilgi Cultural Studies program accepted my offer to be a guest author. He will be writing about World Cup 2010. His opening follows, which is followed by my roundup: Opening Day for World Cup 2010 World Cup 2010 starts today in South Africa. … Read more

Platini for France. Turkey loses the Euro 2016 bid

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So Turkey, who has already been host to several international events, is not good enough, you suckers? Foul play by the French side is being claimed in Turkish dailies. More anger here. Too big to lose from FT.com – World, Europe Michel Platini, the president of Uefa, has in fact created football’s own variant of … Read more

A viral ad that deserves to be viral: NIKE – WRITE THE FUTURE

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idLG6jh23yE The time has come for players to carve their name in history. One touch, tackle or free kick could crush a nation’s hopes or cause them to build a statue in your honour. Drogba, Rooney and Ronaldo are ready to Write The Future. Write yours at http://www.nike.com/nikefootball/ Nike ‘Write the Future‘ World Cup ad … Read more

Bursaspor becomes the Turkish Super League champion, the fifth team ever winning the title…

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an open thread… Bursaspor in Wikipedia (Turkish) Official Website (Turkish) Official Online Television Channel (Turkish) A Fansite Web Page (English) Bursaspor News in English (Turkish) Bursaspor Stats Database (Turkish) The famous fan group of Bursaspor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5MHTIvm1vs A TV scene giving the news of championship… Frustrated FB fans are reported to cause clashes… Saraçoğlu burning. more … Read more

Tonight is the night: 2010 Turkish League title determined

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As Beşiktaş frakked up weeks ago, I lost my interest in the League but well today is the last day two games’ results will determine the champion. If at home game Fenerbahçe beats Trabzonspor (TS), there are no complications. It wins the title. In case there is a draw or win by TS, then Bursaspor … Read more

It has been 27 years, Fenerbahçe cannot win the Turkish Cup…

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a circulating web joke: the last FB fans who witnessed FB’s winning the Turkey cup…

This has become one of the major jokes of Turkish Super League. Although Fenerbahçe (FB) won championship several times- and this is definitely more precious than the Turkish Cup itself, FB just cannot win it. It is now 27 years. FB lost it in the final to Trabzonspor yesterday…

Trabzonspor wins the Turkish Cup

from Turkey(Turkiye) football(soccer) Column and News by Ahmet Turgut

Fenerbahce this season was eager to get both of the cups , but coach Christoph Daum has only one price deal: the championship. They loss the Turkish Cup to Trabzon on Wednesday in Sanliurfa,Turkey,3-1.

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A video: WAKA WAKA – South Africa 2010 World Cup Official Song- “This Time for Africa” by Shakira

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From Turkey only Nihat Kahveci makes is to World Cup by being in this video for a moment:p http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ztr96RbMW8 We are pleased to share with you the final version of the song “Waka Waka”, chosen by the FIFA to be the Official Song of the upcoming World Cup. Nos complace compartir con ustedes la versión … Read more

Beşiktaş: Champion of Sympathy

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According to another survey on football fans in Turkey, Beşiktaş is the third biggest football club in terms of fan numbers. However, it is the most sympathized team among other teams’ fans.. More findings here.

In the mean time, it has become too complicate to estimate who will win Turkish Super League. Dear Ahmet Turgut has a good roundup:

WHO WILL WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN TURKEY?

from Turkey(Turkiye) football(soccer) by Ahmet Turgut

IT IS A JUNGLE OUT THERE…

Things at Turkish Turkcell Super League are getting hotter as we get close to the end of the rope.

It is like jungle …

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Prof. Mumford at Bilgi U.

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A football lover himself, Prof. Stephen Mumford will have a lecture at Bilgi University. He will focus on Zidane’s headbutt at Materazzi in his talk entitled as “Should Athletes be Role Models? as part of Prof. Erhart’s course “Sports and Media” Abstract: Sport is sometimes thought to play a morally educative role, teaching us virtues … Read more

Beşiktaş may have played a role in “Why America never fell in love with soccer (!)

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Why America never fell in love with soccer By James Montague, CNN “In 1950 we played Besiktas of Istanbul, in St. Louis. They beat us badly, 5-0. It was a tryout as much as anything, and then we faced an English select team with Stanley Matthews playing, in New York, and they won 1-0. Those … Read more

Beşiktaş has a new goal keeper

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Turkey's Sports Minister Faruk Nafiz Ozak (R) and President ...

Turkey’s Sports Minister Faruk Nafiz Ozak (R) and President of Turkey’s Football Federation Mahmut Ozgener pose with the bid logo for the Euro 2016 candidacy, following a news conference in Istanbul December 23, 2009. Turkey would bring a passion and spirit to Euro 2016 missing from the 2008 tournament, Ozak told a campaign launch on Wednesday. Turkey, bidding to host its first major international soccer tournament, faces competition from France and Italy after Sweden and Norway appear likely to drop their joint application.REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Our first and second goal keepers are injured at the same time.So we borrowed one… and more from Beşiktaş and Turkish super league..

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Beşiktaş has reached an agreement to rent Ramazan Ozcan until the end of the season. Ozcan currently plays for Hoffenheim. VIA

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