Making a difference in educational inequality: reflections from research and practice

Cahill, Kevin M.; O'Sullivan, Dan

doi:10.1080/03323315.2022.2085763

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“…Mainly following the European Athletics Championship in 2016 in Amsterdam, Turkey and its naturalized athletes were criticized by international media and portrayed as a “disgraceful farce and joke” (Bloom, 2016; Tremblay, 2016) that was “importing talent” (Dogan, 2018; Rowbottom, 2016). Turkey’s participation in that championship with athletes of “non-European origin” has also been debated by other fellow track and field athletes (Bailey, 2016; Cahill, 2016). In Amsterdam, Turkey won 12 medals (4 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze) with a team consisting of athletes of Kenyan, Jamaican, Ethiopian, Cuban, South African, Azerbaijani, and Ukrainian origins.…”

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Media representations of naturalized athletes: Sentiment variations and trends in Turkish media

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Kuvvetli

et al. 2023

Media, Culture & Society

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Turkey has received consistent criticism from international media for having many naturalized athletes in its national squad, both in the Olympic Games and other major international sporting events. Similar criticisms have also been a feature of debates for a long time in domestic media, varying in views toward these athletes. This research focuses on media representations of naturalized athletes in Turkey between 2008 and 2020. We investigated the sentiments of news items from four major Turkish newspapers ( Milliyet, Cumhuriyet, Sabah and Fanatik) on their stances toward naturalized athletes over the timespan of 2008–2020. Beside analyzing the sentiment of the media content both cumulatively and fragmentedly, we also identified the yearly trends and most featured sports in this context, combining qualitative and quantitative techniques. Our findings showed that sentiments in Turkish media toward naturalized athletes are mostly neutral and negative as well as with differences varying on the basis of the newspapers and news item types. The most criticism underlined pursuing “shortcut” success with naturalized athletes representing Turkey in the international arena. Among the featured sports, basketball, football, and track and field have been the most discussed ones in the naturalization context.

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confidence: 99%