Development of e-Sport in Turkey and in the World

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.