@article{article_1660135, title={ANALYZING THE REACTIONS OF SAUDI ARABIA AND TÜRKİYE TO THE TURKISH SUPER CUP FINAL IN THE LIGHT OF HATE SPEECH}, journal={Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi}, volume={34}, pages={1748–1761}, year={2025}, DOI={10.35379/cusosbil.1660135}, author={Ozel, Meltem}, keywords={Nefret Söylemi, Futbol, Süper Kupa, Suudi Arbistan, Türkiye}, abstract={It was planned that the Al-Awwal Park Stadium in Riyadh would host the Super Cup final, scheduled to be played on December 29, 2023, between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe, two of Turkey’s leading football clubs.. However, due to disagreements between Saudi and Turkish authorities on the day of the match, the match was cancelled and the Turkish teams returned to their home country. Following this development, the stakeholders of the organization—Riyadh Season, the Turkish Football Federation, Fenerbahçe Sports Club, and Galatasaray Sports Club—issued press releases on social media. This study examines hate speech in the comments made by Turkish, Saudi and other citizens under these press releases. Of the stakeholders, only the press release shared by Riyadh Season on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) was included in the analysis because it was open to comments. A total of 305 tweets and replies were evaluated under four main hate speech categories within the scope of the study: Exaggeration/Attribution/Distortion, Insult/Insult/Degradation, Hostility/War Rhetoric, and Symbolization. The findings show that both groups used hate speech most frequently in the Insult/Profanity/Degradation category. Although some tweets expressed support for sports diplomacy, it was determined that the number of comments without hate speech remained relatively limited.}, number={2}, publisher={Çukurova Üniversitesi}