Soccer is taken extremely seriously in Turkey. In 1981, a match between two Izmir teams, Karsiyaka and Goztepe, drew eighty thousand spectators. The Istanbul teams were enmeshed in a ganglike feud characterized by clandestine raids, lynchings, and street battles.
Soccer is taken extremely seriously in Turkey. In 1981, a match between two Izmir teams, Karsiyaka and Goztepe, drew eighty thousand spectators. The Istanbul teams were enmeshed in a ganglike feud characterized by clandestine raids, lynchings, and street battles.
Soccer is taken extremely seriously in Turkey. In 1981, a match between two Izmir teams, Karsiyaka and Goztepe, drew eighty thousand spectators. The Istanbul teams were enmeshed in a ganglike feud characterized by clandestine raids, lynchings, and street battles.