Lost In Time Futbol

Amed Sportif Faaliyetler Kulübü, most commonly known as just  Amedspor , is an institution for the Kurdish communities that populate Turkey's southeastern regions. They are based in Diyarbakır, the largest Kurdish city in the country, which is home to almost two million people in its metropolitan area, 72% of which speak Kurdish on a daily basis.   Amedspor players [infoaut.org] The Kurds are the biggest ethnic minority present in Turkey, as they make up around 15-20% of the country's total population and are mostly concentrated in the region called Turkish Kurdistan. To truly understand the tensions between the Kurds and the Turkish, we just have to point out how the Republic of Turkey once had an official policy to deny the existence of the Kurd ethnicity, rather calling them  Mountain Turks . The words "Kurds" and "Kurdistan" were banned, and the language was prohibited after the military coup of 1980, although nowadays it is taught as a subject in some s...

Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe, Bursaspor and Besiktas. What do these four clubs have in common? Well, for starters they're all Turkish, but only three of them are widely recognised as giants abroad.  The "big three" from Istanbul - for those unfamiliar they're Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe and Besiktas - have dominated Turkish football for decades, leaving crumbs to other clubs. Amongst the rest are Trabzonspor, with 7 titles to their name, Başakşehir, who were crowned champions once in 2020, and... Bursaspor. But what more does this club have in common with the big three, that Trabzonspor and Basaksehir don't? Bursaspor is, along with Gala, Fener and Besiktas, one of only four clubs in Turkey with an average attendance of over 30,000 people. Just one little bit of info is missing: they've done this while playing in the 3. Lig, a.k.a. the fourth tier of Turkish football. Bursaspor's fans are the strength of the club   The city of Bursa is the fourth most populous in T...