Development of e-Sport in Turkey and in the World

Year 2018, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 95 - 102, 30.03.2018

Harun Ayar

Abstract

The extraordinary development of technology has caused
to emerge some new improvements by affecting sport
field as it has affected the other fields. The world which has become the huge
market economically with the effects of
globalization expanded including the-Sport with the developing of information
and communication technologies. One of the developments related to the sport field is e-Sport. The history of e-Sport
dating back 1970s in the world has started to build a foundation in Turkey’s 2000s years. Although plenty of e-Sport
players take part in the international contests in the national level, the studies related to the e-Sport and the
developments of e-Sport between the countries are very few in the world, and
scarcely any in Turkey. Sport has
increased the capacity of viewers and being a big sector. Therefore, comparing
the situation and improvement of e-Sport both in Turkey and the world is the
main goal of this research. The research carried out as part of a scan study
model. It has been done to understand the situation of our country in this
field, and how to ameliorate it by considering the last improvements of e-Sport
in Turkey and the world.

Keywords

E-Sport, Digital Gaming, Cybersports, Competitive Gaming

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