Turkish soccer’s financial crisis potentially sharpens political divide
By James M. Dorsey
Financially stressed Turkish soccer clubs are becoming pawns in the political struggle between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and militant soccer fans who rank prominently among his detractors as soccer pitches and university campuses emerge as major battlefields between the government and its detractors.
Critics of Mr. Erdogan cha…
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