The Role of the Sport Communities and Gymnastics Classes on Nationalist Movements in the Ottoman Empire

GÜNAY N.

BELLETEN, cilt.81, sa.292, ss.917-948, 2017 (AHCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 81 Sayı: 292
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Dergi Adı: BELLETEN
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.917-948
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In Turkey, sports were not considered as a scientific branch, but rather the means for military training or personal joy. The people were banned from undertaking any activities that resembled military training. These could only be performed under the supervision of the state. The foreigners and Non-Muslims in Ottoman land were performing sportive activities by founding communities. However, this was not legal. After the reinstitution of the Constitution in 1876, this legal gap was tried to be filled by enacting the act of communities. Thus, the present communities gained legal status and lots of sport clubs were founded. Some of those clubs; however, although containing legal status, performed illegal activities by allowing the people to take part in military training. This sometimes resulted in clashes between the community activists and officials, which sometimes even resulted in the institution of lawsuits for the activists.