Abstract:

Abstract enAlthough fans called as fanatics and hooligans have a large share concerning aggressive behaviors in football; the tendency to violence of general fan mass and their contribution to the cases have a significant role for the increase of violence to alarming levels. Gradual increase in the amount of violence and aggression in sports areas and the conflict between fans and police or the conflict between the opponent teams’ fans bring forth damage to the social structure. Arrangements in the light of scientific studies will present a more effective way in preventing violence. In this study; the purpose is to expose the demographic characteristics and tendency to violence of the fans of two arch-rivals and the primal teams Adanaspor and Adana Demirspor in Adana Province. With the results of this study, it was determined that Adana Demirspor supporters have higher education level and have a higher employment level whereas Adanaspor supporters are young, mostly students and have more tendency to violence than Adana Demirspor fans.

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