Struggling for empowerment: Sport participation of women and girls in Turkey

Muslim Women and Sport

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 154-165

  Koca, Canan ^a   Hacisoftaoğlu, Ilknur ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 84870470473     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203880630     Document Type: Chapter

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