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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]

Cultural tourism, which is among the alternative tourism types, includes cultural visits and travels. It is observed that cultural tourism-oriented visits to Erzurum in recent years have become more frequent. It is observed that the urban transformation and restoration works carried out by the local governments to protect and highlight the cultural elements of Erzurum increase the interest in the destination. A study was planned to determine the results of this change. In this context, it has been tried to examine the current situation of cultural tourism in Erzurum, to determine the perceptions of local tourists visiting Erzurum about Erzurum and cultural tourism in Erzurum, and to determine the perspectives of domestic tourists visiting Erzurum to this destination. In this context, a questionnaire was prepared and applied to 415 local tourists who came to visit Erzurum. The data obtained; Frequency percentage tables were analyzed with the help of t test and Varyans analysis. As a result of the analyzes made, it has been determined that the perception of Erzurum as a cultural destination by the local tourists is generally positive, they evaluate the current situation of Erzurum as good and they are satisfied with their travels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Turkey has great potential in terms of prehistoric settlements that constitute one of the components of cultural tourism. The number of visitors to these areas remains still low. The settlements of Roman time period such as Ephesus, Hagia Sophia, Cappadocia, Mevlana Museum, which have visual appeal with their striking standing works, attract more visitors than prehistoric settlements such as Göbeklitepe, Çatalhöyük, Troy, Alacahöyük, Körtik Hill, Arslantepe. However, these settlements belonging to the recent period are generally dated to the Roman Period and similar ones can be visited in many countries in the Mediterranean basin. At this point, pre-historic settlements with rich evidence and remains constitute an important potential that can provide competitive advantage to our country. Especially in recent years, it is seen that the popularity of prehistoric settlements has increased with the UNESCO World Heritage list. At this point, the study deals with the emerging popularity and different opinions in the virtual and print media through the case of Göbeklitepe. In addition, it evaluates the responsibilities of tourism stakeholders on the subject from a subjective perspective. [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]

The purpose of this research is to reveal the current situation of sericulture, problems in utilizing sericulture as a touristic product and suggestions for solutions to these problems. For this purpose, Hatay, which is one of the important silk-making centers, was chosen as the research universe. Interview technique was used as the data collection method in the research, and interviews were conducted within the framework of the interview questions prepared for the purpose of the research. The research sample was determined by the deliberate sampling method. The sample consists of 10 people including public institutions, local administrations, non-governmental organizations, tourism enterprises senior managers, academicians and silk artists in Hatay. The interview texts obtained as a result of the interviews with the participants were analyzed via the content analysis method. According to the results of the research, the issues related to the current situation of sericulture in Hatay, "difficulties in maintaining sericulture", "contributions of sericulture to local people" and "interest in sericulture" come to the fore. While "education and protection", "incentives", "promotion and awareness", and "joint action of stakeholders" are among the things to be done for sustain sericulture, "promotion", "supply" and "domestic production and incentive" regarding the promotion of sericulture as a touristic product, has come to the fore. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While capitalism seized domination around the world, it divided nations into two separate poles, exploiters and exploited, and transformed almost all resources on earth from exploitation to natural resources into exploitation. According to the Dependency Theory, one of the most important elements of this exploitation emerges as the tourism sector today. Accordingly, Western central countries impose mass tourism, under their hegemony, while imposing mass tourism to underdeveloped and developing neighboring countries to reproduce their dependent positions. In this study, in order to reveal that encouraged what kind of advertising monitors tourism in Turkey, JollyTur and EtsTur travel agency of internet advertising which they have issued during the year 2019 were analyzed by quantitative content analysis method. In the analysis made, it was found that both travel agencies place massive advertising on the theme of mass tourism, they limit their understanding of tourism almost entirely to the sea-sand-sun trio and ignore cultural tourism. It is concluded that the travel agencies mentioned through the visual and textual repetitions of the categories determined for analysis restrict cultural tourism to the main location and activity and encourage the audience to mass tourism. [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]

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 study, the impacts of global financial crisis that emerged in the USA on the touristic facilities have been examined. To this end, in September 2010, a questionnaire was conducted to tourism facilities in Bartın and Karabük (particularly Safranbolu) districts, which are both outstanding cities in the West Black Sea Region for cultural tourism; and face-to-face interviewing method was used in this questionnaire. The results of the questionnaire were analyzed with SPSS 18, a widely used analysis for data analysis in social sciences. The results showed that the touristic facilities in the region are affected from the financial crisis however; this impact is not on a destructive level. Also according to the data obtained from the questionnaire, facilities with more rooms are less affected from the crisis when compared to facilities with fewer rooms. Contrary to popular belief it is ascertained that demands of foreign tourists (particularly Japanese) to the region did not decrease during the crisis. No significant difference was ascertained between the education levels of facility executives and their level of being affected by the crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Culture gains new meanings and functions along with the change of life. Because of this, culture should be studied with comparative approaches. The relationship between tourism and literature is a main issue of comparative and cultural studies focusing the cross fields and becoming clear as a multi-disciplinary social science. The aim of this paper is to search this relationship including many subjects. In this paper, "the connections of the rise of tourism and literature, the importance of tourism as a dynamic that improves literature, touristic image design utilizing literary memory or heritage, the function of the media for this connection ect." are debated with different approaches. Literary works is one of the main dynamics that improves cultural tourism. A city or a country can become the center of the cultural tourism through the literary Works. With the works of writers or the poets the cities or the countries can easily be the trademarks of the world's cultural tourism. These works helps the constructing process of the images and identities. Thus, the cultural and the economic aspects of literary works in Turkey can be emphasized effectively through these interpretations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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