A view of politics and boycotts in modern Olympic games

Journal Title: Uluslararası Spor Egzersiz ve Antrenman Bilimi dergisi - Year 2015, Vol 1, Issue 2

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study was to display and discuss the politics events and boycotts in modern Olympic Games. According to the literature, the events in the Olympic Games were discussed under the religious, racialist, ideological, politics and boycotts headlines. Methods: It was used historical research method in this study. Literature was reviewed and findings were discussed for this purpose. Results: Baron Pierre de Coubertin remanufactured the Ancient Greek Olympic games to modern. He didn’t approach the Olympic Games just international sport computations, he also purposed to educate the younger generations with spirit of friendship and comprehension by the Olympic Games. He had wanted to further to be sited more good and conciliatory world. Olympic Games is the biggest and the best social event in the world. Therefore, it was used by some countries for profits. These profits revelations variously like religious, racialist, ideological and politics events after a while. Conclusion: As a conclusion, it can be said that, It is necessary to rescue from politic events and sustain the games depending on Olympic philosophy. For this purpose, national and international Olympic committees must be necessary to be a sensitive and conscientious. Separately, countries education systems must be teach the olympism philosophy.

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Bengü Güven KARAHAN

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  • EP ID EP178866
  • DOI 10.18826/ijsets.30355
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Bengü Güven KARAHAN (2015). A view of politics and boycotts in modern Olympic games. Uluslararası Spor Egzersiz ve Antrenman Bilimi dergisi, 1(2), 114-119. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-178866