중동부유럽

The young Republic of Turkey paid attention to physical training system of Soviet Russia with whom she maintained relationship in terms of foreign policy since the years of War of Independence. Delegations were sent to Russia to investigate this system in 1930s. The aim was to establish the strategy to be adopted for physical training issue in Turkey. According to impressions of Turkish delegation, the year 1928 is a kind of revolution in Russia in terms of physical activities. This is due mainly to the declaration of central bureau of the party regarding improper functioning of physical training activities within the boundaries of the state. They expressed that this fact contradicted the party activities. That is why they constituted an investigation committee. The committee initiated its activities in Moscow Institute. The purpose of physical training in Soviet Union was not only sports. As it is inferred from the first five-year physical training plan and practices, educating staff who were capable of teaching, managing and imposing the principles of the party ideally was the basic objective of the physical training. Millions of laborers working in factories and the youth working in all of public institutions and army were tried to be directed towards sports and combined in these activities. Turkish delegations organized trips to Russia with the aim of investigation between years 1934 and 1937. It is clear that these reports had an effect on central structuring of Turkish Sports Institute in 1936 (after its foundation) and the foundation of Village Institutes in 1940. This study deals with physical culture system of Soviet Union in accordance with the impressions of Turkish delegation derived from their trip to Russia between 10th of July and 20th of August in 1933.