Hello, hello, TIFO football listeners. I'm Josh Schneider-Wiler, host of this football life,

and I'll be guest hosting today's episode. Originally, it was supposed to be Joe and Alex,

but because of some technical difficulties, you get me. Today, we will be exploring the world of

Turkish football with writer Patrick Kettie. Ketty is a freelance journalist based in Turkey and is the

author of the new book, The Passion, Football, and the Story of Modern Turkey, which you can find on

Amazon. It is the first book to focus exclusively on Turkish football. In this episode, we talk about

match fixing in Turkey and why it's been so prevalent in its history,

the Gezi protests and football activism, fan groups and their relationship with hooliganism,

how the government uses football as a political tool, and the reasons why Turkey has some of the most

passionate fans in the world. Get ready for 100 years of Turkish football condensed into one hour.

Enjoy my chat with Patrick Ketty. I'm here with author Patrick Ketty. Patrick, how are you doing today?

Yeah, I'm good, thanks. How are you? I'm doing excellent. Well, I've just finished reading your book

last night and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

A lot of interesting tidbits in it.

And I want to start at one of the most interesting, something that I've always enjoyed, which is football chance.

And I want to just read a little quote, which is, with the score 3-2 at the final whistle, the victory sent Bastikas to the top of the league.

Sex on the beach, sex on the beach, crowd the fans in victory.

I don't know why. It's a famous song, said my ecstatic friend by way of explanation.

So I'd like to know, do you have a favorite chant or song that you've heard in

Turkey? Most of the chants in Turkey are probably unrepeatable on your podcast. They're very

rude, often quite sexist and homophobic and stuff like that. But there was some really

amazingly poetic chance

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