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This work focused on the political mobilization of supportive groups, which are one of the important elements of football, has been carried out by the issue of why and how supportive groups participate in the social movements that take place in Turkey without distinction from the supportive identity, if participation provides this participation. New social movements and the universe of the work discussed in the context of the new media have been formed by fans of the football clubs fighting in the 2012-2013 season in the Turkish Football Federation Super League, and the sample is made by fans of the clubs living championship in the Super League. In the study, the research method was preferred as an example event study/situation study and the Gezi Park actions were selected as an example event study. The study was conducted in two stages. First of all, the direct participation of supportive groups in the Gezi Park actions was discussed, in this framework it was analyzed by collecting multiple data such as video, image, description, interview. In the second phase of the study, the digital participation of selected supportive groups in the actions of Gezi Park was discussed as a sample, and in this framework the share of selected supportive groups on the official Twitter accounts on the specified dates was examined by both quantum and qualitative content analysis technique. In the study conducted in the example of the Gezi Park actions, the findings have found that the supportive groups have provided both direct and digital participation by promoting a political gateway to social movements.

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