Funded by the British Council’s Cultural Protection Fund, the aim of the project was to train people in the Upper Tigris Valley to document and safeguard intangible cultural heritage expressions.
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Community based destination management, Turkey
The project contributed to developing a strategy and the tools for the practical implementation of sustainable community based destination management in Kemaliye, Turkey.
Developing pilot projects for sustainable community development
Developing national and local capacities for planning and implementation of sustainable community based tourism in Turkey.
When the community is part of the heritage
Cumalıkızık is the best preserved of one of seven historic ‘Kızık’ villages, of which five are still extant, situated in the northern foothills of Uludağ to the east of Bursa and about 10km from the city centre. A Waqf village established by Orhan Gazi with its origins in the 14th century C.E., Cumalıkızık serves as […]