RADIKAAL
RADIKAAL is a DIY podcast about the radical aspects of music, politics, and sports. Each episode, host Cas Mudde interviews one guest about a specific topic for about 30 minutes. Guests include academics, athletes, journalists, musicians, and politicians. In short, this is a podcast about fascists, punks, and ultras.
RADIKAAL
35. Dilara Hekimci-Adak on Football and Politics in Turkey
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RADIKAAL
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Season 2
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Episode 8
My guest today is Dilara Hekimci-Adak. Dilara is a graduate student in Political Science at Florida International University in Miami, where she works on a PhD on populists in power and the role of the opposition in Hungary and Turkey. Before coming to the US, she had already done a PhD at Bahcesehir University, in her native Turkey, on clientelism and democracy in Latin America. She also wrote an MA thesis on nationalism and football in Turkey.
Dilara and I talk about football and politics in Turkey, including the role of Istanbul United in the Gezi protests and the rise and significance of the newest star in Turkish football, Basaksahir, popularly known as the AKP team.