Abstract:

During the Republican period, physical training and sports were designed as an important state policy and official institutions were established to carry out these policies. One of these institutions was the Turkish Training Community Alliance (TİCİ) between 1922-1936. Maç magazine, as an important sports magazine, started its publication life on January 15, 1926 when TİCİ was the only authorized organ of physical training and sports and was published as seven issues. The aim of this study is to examine the Maç magazine, which is one of the first sports magazines of the Turkish press, in terms of content and publication policy and to convey how the physical training and sports policies, which were tried to be implemented in the first years of the Republic, were reflected in Maç magazine. In this context, by using the archive scanning technique, all issues of Maç magazine were accessed from two different libraries and the approach of the magazine to current sports issues of the period and its contents for various sports branches were analyzed. In addition, the issues of physical training and sports policies of the period are exemplified by the articles published in the journal. In this respect, it is thought that the study is important in terms of shedding light on both the Maç magazine and the physical training and sports policies of the period. In the study, it was determined that Maç magazine produced content related to many sports branches, not limited to football, tried to establish good relations with its readers, and was included in the discussions about the physical training and sports policies of the period.

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