Organization of school sports activities in the Turkish education system

Abstract

The aim of this research is to reveal the changes in the organization of school sports activities in Turkey. For this purpose, a case study, one of the qualitative research methods, was used. In order to reach the research findings, detailed literature research was carried out and attention was paid to the requirement that the data be meaningful within itself in the data collection and analysis processes. In this direction, the consistency between the purpose of the study, data collection tool and data analysis has been taken into consideration all the time. According to research results, although there were different administrative practices in school sports activities after 1923, it was determined that the first planned regulation was prepared in 1939 and 24 different legislative changes have been made so far. In order to carry out school sports activities in Turkey, the legal framework of the organization has been determined in the administrative and practical dimension. Especially in the practice of school sports activities, students were categorized according to their age and physical appearance, and according to this categorization in the legislation, it was determined which students could participate in activities in which sports branches.