Tulip Orta is in our country ‘football It is one of the names that destroy the perception of ‘it is a male game’. Orta, who holds the title of Professor Doctor, added the title of Chairman of the Central Arbitration Board (MHK) to numerous ‘firsts’ in his career.
Lale Orta is also the first female referee to officiate the men’s Super League match, the first female referee with a FIFA Badge, the first female football coach, the first female match announcer, the first female Central Referee Board Member, the first female UEFA observer and the first female UEFA trainer.
Orta, who was appointed as the President of the MHK the previous day, is also at Okan University. Sport He continues to serve as the Head of the Department of Management.
THE OBSTACLES OF THE ‘MALE DOMINANT’ FOOTBALL WORLD HAVE BEEN EXPANDED
Lale Orta, whose passion for sports started with football at a young age, worked to establish a women’s football league in Turkey during her teenage years, and later attended coaching and courses.
After seeing Orta’s success in refereeing, his 20-year refereeing career began. Lale Orta describes the difficulties she experienced in those years with these words:
“I have been a referee for 20 years. I spent 20 years struggling. I’ve never been able to sit back for a week and think, ‘Which match will I be directing this week?’ I always had to hold my ground and aim for how to get higher.”
As Lale Orta increased her goals, obstacles emerged in the male-dominated football world in Turkey. Orta, who has been working hard to maintain his success and place among football referees, has always proven him wrong with his successful performance over time.
I HAD TO SUCCESS AND I MANAGED A REALLY GOOD MATCH
When the calendar leaves showed May 20, 1990, Lale Orta, who broke new ground in the history of Turkish football at Ali Sami Yen Stadium, suddenly sat on Turkey’s agenda with her curly hair. Medium, which was called ‘First Division’ at that time Super Leaguein Galatasaray– He was on the field as an assistant referee in the Sarıyer match.
Both positive and negative comments were made about Orta, who took on a stressful task even though he took the field with confident steps. Lale Orta said that day, “It was such a big responsibility that your success would be the success of all female referees.
Your failure would cut off all women. So it was a match where I forced myself to be successful. I really managed a good match,” he says.
IT TEACHES FOOTBALL I SERVED IN EVERY FIELD AS A LESSON AT THE UNIVERSITY
Lale Orta, who continued her education and pursued an academic career while serving as an athlete, referee, trainer and commentator in football, became a faculty member in the Department of Physical Education and Sports Teaching at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Faculty of Education in 2003.
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In 2009, he assumed the Presidency of the Department of Sports Sciences at Okan University, and received the title of professor in 2020. Lale Orta, who is a commentator on football programs on television from time to time, takes great pleasure in telling students about her unique experiences in football at Okan University.
WOMEN AND MEN ARE NOW ON THE SAME PAGE
Lale Orta, who believes that the football world is at a much better point in terms of gender equality compared to 30 years ago, said: “Today, we see that the female and male referees are listed on the same page on UEFA’s website. A French female referee (Stephanie Frappart) directed the 2019 UEFA Super Cup match”.
THEY DELIVERED THE FIFA COCKARD AT A MEETING, NOT AT A CEREMONY
Tulip Medium He turned his ear to all negative comments and focused on his beloved refereeing profession. He directed hundreds of matches in his 20-year refereeing career and said that ‘there are women’ in the male-dominated football world in Turkey. When he was going to wear a FIFA badge, he never gave up, even though he heard comments like “I guess yours will be pink”. The MHK administration of that period handed Orta his cockade in a meeting instead of giving it to the other referees in a ceremony as they did.
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