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Felt, one of the primary handicrafts of the Turks, stands as a significant cultural relic for the enduringly nomadic Kyrgyz populace. The art of felting to be up-to-date and popular in today's Kyrgyz society with its variety of uses by adapting to the dynamics of the modern age. Therefore, it is important to examine the evolution of felt in Kyrgyz culture from the past to the present and explore the areas where the tradition of felting is sustained in the modern era. Felt is one of the oldest handcrafts in Kyrgyz culture, and it plays a crucial role in preserving tradition, sustaining culture, and promoting cultural diversity and sustainability. Moreover, embroidery on felt items conveys information about Kyrgyz history, philosophy, lifestyle, mentality, and values. In this context, the present research endeavors to shed light on the role of felt in Kyrgyzstan's cultural economy and tourism, tracking its evolution from the past to the present day. In other words, it examines the significance of felt within Kyrgyz culture, the transformation of felt-based items, and their impact on contemporary Kyrgyz culture, economy, and tourism. To effectively investigate these aspects, printed sources related to the study were reviewed. Then, the data obtained through field research were analyzed in order to show the current appearance of felt. The findings underscore that the tradition of felting serves diverse practical functions in Kyrgyz society, thus explaining the continued usage of felt to this day. Furthermore, it was observed that the evolution and transformation of the felting tradition have made substantial contributions to the nation's cultural economy and tourism sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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With the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which is prepared within the body of UNESCO, it is aimed to safeguard cultural heritage. It is advocated that the safeguarding of cultural heritage can be achieved by promotion and viability. It is thought that promoting the cultural heritage can be the solution to the uniformization problem in the culture that emerged as a result of globalization Researchers in many disciplines are responsible for the viability and preservation of cultural heritage with the expression "guaranteeing viability" in the Convention. Cultural heritage is also an important issue for the tourism area. Many studies have been carried out in the field of tourism and cultural heritage in recent years. Culture, history and natural environment are the main sources of tourism. In order to alleviate the concerns regarding the commodification of culture and nature, there is a need to increase the cooperation of culture and tourism. In recent years, the World Tourism Organization has speeded up its activities in this direction and determined the principles of sustainable tourism. The World Tourism Organization has prepared meetings and organized reports on tourism and cultural synergy. With the development of responsible tourism understanding, it is aimed that the benefits to be gained from tourism will benefit all stakeholders by thinking about the next generations. It is tried to be emphasized that tourism is not just a consumption tool, it is a power that increases awareness of cultural values. Creating a cultural route evaluated within cultural tourism serves the purposes of protecting cultural heritage, knowing its value and keeping it alive as well as creating a tourism product. Cultural routes try to realize the promotion and promotion of cultural heritage in a sustainability approach. Turkey also signed the "Council of Europe Cultural Routes Program" aiming to ensure the protection and promotion of cultural heritage. There is a good deal of cultural potential that is flying under the program in Turkey. There are good examples in the world where cultural routes created and managed with the concept of sustainability are used to protect and sustain cultural heritage. It was observed that the areas that are not suitable for the cultural route, although they were put into practice, could not show continuity. When determining the routes, they should be selected according to the correct criteria. In this study, Evliya Çelebi's travel to İzmir was examined as a cultural route by using the "Cultural Route Evaluation Model" developed by Bozic and Tomic (2016: 28). Evliya Çelebi guides today's travelers with the writings about the climate, geography, structures, daily life and stories of the places that have traveled and traveled in a wide geography for more than 50 years in the 17th century. Preserving many historical artifacts in Evliya Çelebi's Seyahatname enables the development of the cultural route. Stories about natural beauty and talismans on the route create tourist attraction. In the cultural route evaluation model, besides tourism-specific elements, there are scientific studies, route-specific values, economic importance, precautions and protection measures. It was seen that Evliya Çelebi's İzmir journey is suitable for developing a cultural route according to all the elements that make up the cultural route valuation model. It is suggested that a consortium can be proposed to realize the Evliya Çelebi İzmir Route and manage it with a sustainable understanding. With this study, it has been emphasized that tourism can be a tool with the cultural route in the promotion and protecting of the cultural heritage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sports, which is an important tool for the socialization of individuals, is a social as well as a cultural phenomenon. Through sports, individuals have the opportunity to interact with different cultures and get to know different cultures while meeting many people. Athletes traveling to different countries or cities for sports organizations, on the one hand, participate in sports tourism, on the other hand, they also participate in cultural tourism indirectly by learning the culture of that country or city and visiting its cultural heritage, but Although individuals traveling to different countries or cities for sports purposes have a lot of opportunities as sports tourists, this situation is not preferred by the athletes who participate in sports tourism, lagging behind the feeling of struggle. The aim is to determine interest in cultural heritage of athletes who participate in sports tourism in order to participate in the 2019 Koç Sports Fest Universities Grand Final which is organized by the Federation of University Sports. In the study, a questionnaire which includes 17 questions was applied to the athletes participating in the 2019 Koç Sports Fest Universities Grand Final. 224 athletes from different universities and different sports branches participated in the survey. The frequency values of the answers given to the questions in the questionnaire were analyzed by transferring them to IBM SPSS Statistics 20 program. In the research, it is seen that the athletes get information about cultural heritages and tend to visit them. In order to increase the contribution of sports to the promotion of cultural heritage, it is necessary to ensure that individuals participating in sports tourism also participate in cultural tourism. In this context, studies that will include athletes in cultural tourism and increase their awareness of cultural heritage are needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Social transformations of our age reform production and consumption relations. Being social institutions, libraries are also affected by this transformation. In this respect, it is required to rehandle and improve the traditional library concept attached on public libraries in Turkey, and to diversify their current functions. The Ministry of Culture launched the Project of Literature Musem Libraries in order to contribute to literature production and literary appeal in Turkey through libraries. Besides their feature as a cultural meeting point to inspire literary life, literature museum libraries also contribute to embracing Turkey's cultural heritage and improving cultural tourism in Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Tourism, which is one of the most important sectors in today's world, displays a parallel process with the social and economic structures of societies. From this perspective, the interest of people may change from sunlight, beach, sand, shortly sea tourism, to eco tourism and cultural tourism. Noise pollution resulting from urban life and population density may have played part in this. Interest in cultural heritage tourism increases day by day especially among those people with higher level of income. Safranbolu, one of the well-protected examples of Turkish urban history, is a peculiar settlement with its wooden, stone, and sun-dried brick constructed carcass houses, mosques, fountains, khans, baths and traditional city structure in our country, all of which is a land to be protected. UNESCU, believing that these peculiarities are important for the whole world, included Safranbolu in World Heritage List in 1994. Such settlements reflecting traditional architecture are open to the threat of urbanization. However, in the case of Safranbolu, the plateau on which the historical settlement called Çarşı was located, has been protected because of its not being suitable for the addition of new settlements. This has helped protection of cultural heritage, mainly houses. Especially after 1975, with protective consciousness, these houses have been restored and put in the service of tourism. It is not surprising that Japans, who are known to have respect for their traditions, take the first place among people who visit Safranbolu. The fact that the use of wood is a mutual feature although architecture is different must have affected their preference. Safranbolu's becoming a centre of attraction for cultural tourism became a model for some settlements like Beypazarı. Townspeople, local administration and vocational college have their shares in Safranbolu's success. Yet, the uncontrolled utilization of structures of cultural heritage for hotel, motel and pension cause the loss of their originality. Besides, involvement of people without professional expertise in tourism is another threat for tourism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, the importance of transport sector are determined and interpreted in terms of cultural image studies. The starting point of this research is to examine the relationship of Inter-city bus transport/other transport vehicles and the cities images in Turkey. After classifying and examining the names, marketing slogans and images of the bus companies, this article aims to review the applications to benefit from the memory of city. And also, the application forms to benefit from local natural (geographical structure, agriculture and livestock etc.) historical and cultural heritage are cleared up carefully. It is pointed out the attractiveness and availability of local intangible cultural heritage including folk dance, music, architecture, cuisine, crafts and peak figures etc. for these applications. Discussing that the registration of geographical indications and the protection of intellectual property and traditional knowledge is very important is another topic of this study. Furthermore the importance of the cultural image studies, cultural memory and the design activities for the creation and development of city brand, urban culture/memory/identity is emphasized in detail. These images dressed in the busses are very important for the safeguarding and development of local natural, historical and cultural heritage. Another purpose of this article is to study the contributions of these activities to local and national cultural economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]