Football and the Story of Modern Turkey
by
Patrick Keddie
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018
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 decades later he is Turkey's most powerful ruler since...