Welcome to Hell?: In Search of the Real Turkish Football McManus John
Welcome to Hell?: In Search of the Real Turkish Football McManus John Ask a British soccer fan what they know about Turkish soccer, and they are unlikely to describe scenes of camaraderie,…
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Welcome to Hell?: In Search of the Real Turkish Football McManus John
Ask a British soccer fan what they know about Turkish soccer, and they are unlikely to describe scenes of camaraderie, hospitality and humor. Or Leeds United supporters stabbed to death on an Istanbul street. They are more likely to mention banners proclaiming 'Welcome to hell'.
But he hadn't accounted for the politics. Frustrated by the game's distorted image back home, John McManus set out to show the Turkish football that he knew - the rich, funny, obsessive, fan culture that he had encountered on the terraces. His voyage began at the start of one of the darkest periods in Turkey's modern history, marred by bombings, armed conflict and an attempted coup d' tat.
Soccer, he would soon discover, could not help but get dragged in. Traveling from the elite training facilities of Istanbul to dusty pitches on the Syrian border, taking in visits to far-flung
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