Sport Administration Evaluation in Turkey: Views of Sports Managers

This study was carried out to evaluate the sport management in Turkey and to reveal its effect on success. For this purpose, interviews were held with six (4 male, 2 female) sportsmen in Turkey who have accomplished very important works in their fields. Interviews were held with the volunteers on the days and places of their choice. The survey method was chosen as the data collection tool in the research. In the analysis of the data, a descriptive analysis method was used, which allows the researcher to make a presentation by considering the questions or dimensions used in the interview and observation process. The data of the research made by the qualitative method were analyzed with NVIVO 10 program. The findings of the research, which were thought to be influenced by and influenced sport management, were collected under the themes of education, economy, political, social and international representation, differences between branches, and those worth-emphasizing. As a result of research, it was seen that a well arranged sport management was very important to primarily help managers to educate themselves and be up to date, to make sports politics in an applicable organisation, to keep the distance between politics and sports, and to make economic transfers among branches within a plan.