The Passion: Football and the Story of Modern Turkey by Patrick Keddie

The Passion: Football and the Story of Modern Turkey

Patrick Keddie

320 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction contemporary history politics informative reflective slow-paced
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In 1981 a young semi-professional footballer - known as Imam Beckenbauer' for his piety and his dominant style of play - has his career cut short after a confrontation with Turkey's military junta. His name was Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and three dec...

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