Canan Koca
Biographic Data
| ID | 5857937 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Canan Koca |
| GIVEN NAMES | Canan |
| FAMILY NAME | Koca |
| SIGNATURE | KOCA C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hacettepe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7484-0545 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
A qualitative exploration of women’s empowerment model through the footballer development program in New Türkiye
Self-Branding of Women Olympic Athletes on Instagram
With the momentum of the TOKYO Olympics, there has been an increase in corporate, media, and business interest in women athletes and sports events. Using reflexive thematic analysis (RTA), we examine the visual and verbal content of Instagram posts from 47 Olympic athletes to understand how women construct their self-brand within the framework of postfeminist agendas and Türkiye’s socio-political environment. Drawing from analysis, we conceptuali…
Turkey’s First Female Auto Racing Champion
The aim of this study was to analyze the experience of Turkey’s first female auto racing champion Samiye Cahit Morkaya during the early Republican period in the context of efforts to construct Turkey’s modern women’s identity. Newspapers and magazines published between 1932 and 1935 when Samiye Cahit participated in auto racing, were analyzed. Morkaya came at the top by breaking her own records in all races in which she participated. Starting wit…
Gendered Body of Turkish Bikini Fitness Athletes on Instagram
This study sought to understand how Turkish bikini fitness athletes discipline their bodies on Instagram by using Foucault’s theorization of self-surveillance. We examined Instagram photos of 10 bikini fitness athletes and completed interviews with them. We analysed data by conducting quantitative and qualitative content analysis. The findings show that both bikini fitness and Instagram are modern forms of self-surveillance for Turkish female ath…
Modern Yoganın Analizi
Yoga, Batı’da fitness kültürü içerisinde gelişmesiyle bir değişime uğramış ve kültürel endüstrinin birparçası haline gelmiştir. Bu çalışmada, yoganın bu değişen yapısını anlayabilmek için yoga alanı,Bourdiue’nün eylem kuramı kullanılarak bir sosyal alan olarak analiz edilmiştir. Bireysel görüşmeler(10 yoga eğitmeni ve 10 yoga uygulayıcısı) ve üç ay süren katılımlı gözlem ile elde edilen verilerinanalizi sonucunda üç temaya ulaşılmıştır: Yoga topl…
The Club Management Ignores Us”
This research aims to explore the gender–power relations and gendered experiences of the players in a women’s football team in Turkey. An ethnographic method and a feminist perspective were used to allow a deeper understanding of their experiences. Based on participant observation and interviews conducted with 14 players, three coaches, and one staff member, the data were analyzed via thematic analysis. The identified themes are (a) institutional…
Generational analysis of leisure time physical activity participation of women in Turkey
The purpose of this study was to analyse the adolescent-period leisure time physical activity (LTPA) experiences of three generations of women within the framework of the socio-ecological model and feminist cultural studies. For this purpose, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 144 women from three generations (48 girls, 48 mothers of the girls, and 48 grandmothers of the girls) and subjected the data to thematic analysis using a constan…
Gendered communities of practice and the construction of masculinities in Turkish physical education
This paper analyses the construction of masculinities in Turkish physical education through Carrie Paechter's conceptualisation of gendered communities of practice. According to Paechter, educational communities of practice operate as sites of gendered activity. Membership within these communities contributes to the construction of a gendered identity. We suggest that this model is useful for conceptualising how Turkish young men come to engage w…
The place and meaning of the field of PE in Turkish young people's lives
This paper draws on Bourdieu's notions of habitus, social field, and capital to provide a more complex examination of the place and meaning of physical education in Turkish young people's lives. Two secondary schools comprised of students from quite distinctive social, cultural, and geographical locations were involved in the study. Collected data from several focus group discussions, individual interviews, and class observations was analysed in …
Attitudes towards Women's Work Roles and Women Managers in a Sports Organization
In recent years the need to apply gender equality principles to all sectors of Turkish society has been widely acknowledged and has become an increasingly important issue because of the modernization and recent Europeanization project of Turkey. However, even as this has been acknowledged, attempts to apply gender equality in employment in sports organizations have been mostly ignored. This article reports on the attitudes towards women's work ro…
Constraints to Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Negotiation Strategies in Turkish Women
With the changing roles of women in Turkey, opportunities for leisure-time physical activity experiences appear to be increasing. Focus groups and individual interviews with active Turkish women were analyzed as part of a larger project aimed to examine cultural and social factors that influence Turkish women's participation in LTPA. These women experienced several constraints such as family responsibilities, ethic of care, time, social approval …
A Content Analysis of Turkish Daily Newspapers Regarding Sportswomen and Gender Stereotypes
The purpose of this study was threefold: (1) to compare the number of female and male sport articles in Turkish daily newspapers, (2) to examine the gender stereotypes in both written and visual texts of the female articles, and (3) to examine the differences in gender stereotypes in both written and visual texts among different newspapers. The findings of this study indicated that 6.05% of the total sport articles were devoted to female athletes…
Gender Role Orientation of Athletes and Nonathletes in a Patriarchal Society
Constraints to Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Negotiation Strategies in Turkish Women
With the changing roles of women in Turkey, opportunities for leisure-time physical activity experiences appear to be increasing. Focus groups and individual interviews with active Turkish women were analyzed as part of a larger project aimed to examine cultural and social factors that influence Turkish women's participation in LTPA. These women experienced several constraints such as family responsibilities, ethic of care, time, social approval …
Gendered communities of practice and the construction of masculinities in Turkish physical education
This paper analyses the construction of masculinities in Turkish physical education through Carrie Paechter's conceptualisation of gendered communities of practice. According to Paechter, educational communities of practice operate as sites of gendered activity. Membership within these communities contributes to the construction of a gendered identity. We suggest that this model is useful for conceptualising how Turkish young men come to engage w…
Generational analysis of leisure time physical activity participation of women in Turkey
The purpose of this study was to analyse the adolescent-period leisure time physical activity (LTPA) experiences of three generations of women within the framework of the socio-ecological model and feminist cultural studies. For this purpose, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 144 women from three generations (48 girls, 48 mothers of the girls, and 48 grandmothers of the girls) and subjected the data to thematic analysis using a constan…
A Content Analysis of Turkish Daily Newspapers Regarding Sportswomen and Gender Stereotypes
The purpose of this study was threefold: (1) to compare the number of female and male sport articles in Turkish daily newspapers, (2) to examine the gender stereotypes in both written and visual texts of the female articles, and (3) to examine the differences in gender stereotypes in both written and visual texts among different newspapers. The findings of this study indicated that 6.05% of the total sport articles were devoted to female athletes…
The Club Management Ignores Us”
This research aims to explore the gender–power relations and gendered experiences of the players in a women’s football team in Turkey. An ethnographic method and a feminist perspective were used to allow a deeper understanding of their experiences. Based on participant observation and interviews conducted with 14 players, three coaches, and one staff member, the data were analyzed via thematic analysis. The identified themes are (a) institutional…
Attitudes towards Women's Work Roles and Women Managers in a Sports Organization
In recent years the need to apply gender equality principles to all sectors of Turkish society has been widely acknowledged and has become an increasingly important issue because of the modernization and recent Europeanization project of Turkey. However, even as this has been acknowledged, attempts to apply gender equality in employment in sports organizations have been mostly ignored. This article reports on the attitudes towards women's work ro…
Gender Role Orientation of Athletes and Nonathletes in a Patriarchal Society
Gendered Body of Turkish Bikini Fitness Athletes on Instagram
This study sought to understand how Turkish bikini fitness athletes discipline their bodies on Instagram by using Foucault’s theorization of self-surveillance. We examined Instagram photos of 10 bikini fitness athletes and completed interviews with them. We analysed data by conducting quantitative and qualitative content analysis. The findings show that both bikini fitness and Instagram are modern forms of self-surveillance for Turkish female ath…
Gender Role Orientation of Athletes and Nonathletes in a Patriarchal Society
A Content Analysis of Turkish Daily Newspapers Regarding Sportswomen and Gender Stereotypes
The purpose of this study was threefold: (1) to compare the number of female and male sport articles in Turkish daily newspapers, (2) to examine the gender stereotypes in both written and visual texts of the female articles, and (3) to examine the differences in gender stereotypes in both written and visual texts among different newspapers. The findings of this study indicated that 6.05% of the total sport articles were devoted to female athletes…
The place and meaning of the field of PE in Turkish young people's lives
This paper draws on Bourdieu's notions of habitus, social field, and capital to provide a more complex examination of the place and meaning of physical education in Turkish young people's lives. Two secondary schools comprised of students from quite distinctive social, cultural, and geographical locations were involved in the study. Collected data from several focus group discussions, individual interviews, and class observations was analysed in …
Attitudes towards Women's Work Roles and Women Managers in a Sports Organization
In recent years the need to apply gender equality principles to all sectors of Turkish society has been widely acknowledged and has become an increasingly important issue because of the modernization and recent Europeanization project of Turkey. However, even as this has been acknowledged, attempts to apply gender equality in employment in sports organizations have been mostly ignored. This article reports on the attitudes towards women's work ro…
Constraints to Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Negotiation Strategies in Turkish Women
With the changing roles of women in Turkey, opportunities for leisure-time physical activity experiences appear to be increasing. Focus groups and individual interviews with active Turkish women were analyzed as part of a larger project aimed to examine cultural and social factors that influence Turkish women's participation in LTPA. These women experienced several constraints such as family responsibilities, ethic of care, time, social approval …
Gendered communities of practice and the construction of masculinities in Turkish physical education
This paper analyses the construction of masculinities in Turkish physical education through Carrie Paechter's conceptualisation of gendered communities of practice. According to Paechter, educational communities of practice operate as sites of gendered activity. Membership within these communities contributes to the construction of a gendered identity. We suggest that this model is useful for conceptualising how Turkish young men come to engage w…
Generational analysis of leisure time physical activity participation of women in Turkey
The purpose of this study was to analyse the adolescent-period leisure time physical activity (LTPA) experiences of three generations of women within the framework of the socio-ecological model and feminist cultural studies. For this purpose, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 144 women from three generations (48 girls, 48 mothers of the girls, and 48 grandmothers of the girls) and subjected the data to thematic analysis using a constan…
Modern Yoganın Analizi
Yoga, Batı’da fitness kültürü içerisinde gelişmesiyle bir değişime uğramış ve kültürel endüstrinin birparçası haline gelmiştir. Bu çalışmada, yoganın bu değişen yapısını anlayabilmek için yoga alanı,Bourdiue’nün eylem kuramı kullanılarak bir sosyal alan olarak analiz edilmiştir. Bireysel görüşmeler(10 yoga eğitmeni ve 10 yoga uygulayıcısı) ve üç ay süren katılımlı gözlem ile elde edilen verilerinanalizi sonucunda üç temaya ulaşılmıştır: Yoga topl…
The Club Management Ignores Us”
This research aims to explore the gender–power relations and gendered experiences of the players in a women’s football team in Turkey. An ethnographic method and a feminist perspective were used to allow a deeper understanding of their experiences. Based on participant observation and interviews conducted with 14 players, three coaches, and one staff member, the data were analyzed via thematic analysis. The identified themes are (a) institutional…
Gendered Body of Turkish Bikini Fitness Athletes on Instagram
This study sought to understand how Turkish bikini fitness athletes discipline their bodies on Instagram by using Foucault’s theorization of self-surveillance. We examined Instagram photos of 10 bikini fitness athletes and completed interviews with them. We analysed data by conducting quantitative and qualitative content analysis. The findings show that both bikini fitness and Instagram are modern forms of self-surveillance for Turkish female ath…
Turkey’s First Female Auto Racing Champion
The aim of this study was to analyze the experience of Turkey’s first female auto racing champion Samiye Cahit Morkaya during the early Republican period in the context of efforts to construct Turkey’s modern women’s identity. Newspapers and magazines published between 1932 and 1935 when Samiye Cahit participated in auto racing, were analyzed. Morkaya came at the top by breaking her own records in all races in which she participated. Starting wit…
Self-Branding of Women Olympic Athletes on Instagram
With the momentum of the TOKYO Olympics, there has been an increase in corporate, media, and business interest in women athletes and sports events. Using reflexive thematic analysis (RTA), we examine the visual and verbal content of Instagram posts from 47 Olympic athletes to understand how women construct their self-brand within the framework of postfeminist agendas and Türkiye’s socio-political environment. Drawing from analysis, we conceptuali…
A qualitative exploration of women’s empowerment model through the footballer development program in New Türkiye
Sports, Gender, and Society (11 works) · Gender Studies (9 works) · Gender Studies (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (9 works) · Turkish (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Social science (5 works)