Gender, Nationalism, and the Politics of Sport: Turkey's Women's National Volleyball Team as Contested Terrain
Journal of Sport and Social Issues
Published online on August 01, 2026
Abstract
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This article examines how the Islamist far-right's politically divisive targeting of Turkey's women's national volleyball team and its LGBTQ player Ebrar Karakurt rendered the team a contested political terrain in Turkey. By adopting a cultural–...
This article examines how the Islamist far-right's politically divisive targeting of Turkey's women's national volleyball team and its LGBTQ player Ebrar Karakurt rendered the team a contested political terrain in Turkey. By adopting a cultural–...