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2nd Cyprus International Conference on Educational Research (CY-ICER), CYPRUS, 14 - 16 February 2013, vol.89, pp.772-780, (Full Text)
This research is done for the purpose of identifying the structural analysis of Physical Education and Sports System in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus from the stakeholders' perspective. Data collecting tool of a semi-structured interview form, developed by researcher, has been used in this reseach, which includes 13 questions, and collected data has been analyzed by content analysis technique. The research's study group is composed of 13 people, who are directors of institutions and organizations responsible for sports management and physical education activities in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. When the findings of the research has been examined, idea of organizing education and sports under different ministeries has taken the first place for the participants. They also has given consenseus that the managers and the personelle of the sports organizations should be equipped and be experts in their field, and the archives of sports federations should be created. Participants indicated that the government should always be supportive for the sports services; and physical education classes are insufficient in terms of the content and the lesson hours, which should be increased. The research group participants expressed that the policy of the sports facilities is insufficient in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. They also expressed that the federations and clubs should be in collaboration with schools. Additionally, they pointed out that the politics have an impact on the country's sports and looking from the athletes' perspective, lack of professionalism in the country affects the athletes' development and motivation. Participants also gave consenseus about the issue that sports associations and the Ministry of Tourism should together create common grounds to put forward the sports tourism using the natural resources of our country. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Open access under CC BY-NC-ND license.