Özet:

In Turkey, football has been associated with a variety of fields. Football is an inseparable part of everyday life for a lot of men in Turkey. Football in Turkey is mainly formed with a supporter identity turning around “The Big Three” (Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, and Galatasaray ). The role of football in the construction and reproduction of hegemonic masculinity is also extremely important. The Çarşı group, founded and managed by the fans of the Beşiktaş team, was examined for the research. In the research, firstly, the relationship between sports and hegemonic masculinity was examined. Then, it was analyze the topic of the study with regards to the studies carried out both in the world and in Turkey on sports, football, partiality, and hegemonic masculinity. In this study, although Çarşı football group is more a dissident group of supporters, this study claims that masculinity in Turkey is reproduced by fans social media activities.

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