Call for Papers: SPECIAL ISSUE ON “THE HISTORY OF TURKISH TOURISM”

1. Concepts, Methods, and New Approaches to Turkish Tourism History: Studies on the beginnings of Turkish tourism history, its subjects, content, and critical perspectives on past research.

2. Sources of Tourism History: Official records (government reports, tourism policies and regulations, Ottoman decrees, documents related to trade and travel, official Republic era documents, and ministry reports), travel writings, memoirs, newspapers and magazines (articles, news, promotional writings on tourism, brochures and advertisements for tourist regions), photographs, engravings, paintings, caricatures, postcards, and postage stamps (photos of historical and modern tourist sites, old postcards, past images of tourist regions, depiction of tourism on stamps), maps and plans (historical maps, travel routes and locations of tourist regions, development plans and projects for tourism), documentaries and films (documentary films and TV programs describing tourism development, videos and films promoting tourist areas, perspectives on tourism in Turkish cinema).

3. Oral History Studies: Experiences and narratives of individuals who have worked in the tourism sector, guides, and tourists; observations, impacts, contributions, and hindrance attempts of local populations in touristically significant settlements.

4. Interviews and Surveys: Interviews with tourists, tourism professionals, and local people, survey studies on the development and effects of the tourism sector, and evaluations related to these studies.

5. Archaeological Findings, Historical Structures, and Museums: Trade routes, accommodation sites, tourist structures, remnants of historical roads, the historical and tourism-related value of inns, caravanserais, baths, soup kitchens, almshouses, complexes, etc., significant for Turkish tourism.

6. Ethnographic Research: Studies examining the effects of local cultures and traditions on tourism and the impacts of tourism on local life.

7. Biographies: Biographies and contributions of investors, employees, administrators, academicians, and statesmen who have significantly served Turkish tourism and are no longer alive.

8. Events: Wars, terrorism incidents, coups, economic crises, natural disasters, epidemics, etc., that have disrupted or revitalized Turkish tourism.

9. Gastronomy Studies: Important foods and beverages in Turkish culture and history from a tourism perspective, places where these are made and served, cookbooks, dining etiquette, etc.

10. Enterprises: Establishment and history of all types of businesses related to tourism activities, such as hotels, stations, airports, marinas, ports, and travel agencies.

11. Various Public Institutions and NGOs Related to Tourism: Establishment and historical activities of institutions like the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Tourism Bank of the Republic of Turkey, municipalities, TURING, TÜRSAB, TUROB, TUROFED, TTYD, AKTOB, TUREB, TUYED, TUROYD, KITSAB, KETOB, KAPTID, TESTUD, ETIK, STBIR.

12. Economic Indicators and Statistics Related to Turkish Tourism: Contribution of tourism to the Turkish economy from past to present, tourism statistics over the years, and related evaluations.

13. The History of Tourism Types in Turkish Tourism: Development of various tourism types in Turkey, such as leisure, sports, cultural, religious, business, political, congress, family, health (Olympics, pilgrimage, visiting sites, hot springs, congress tourism, etc.).

14. Tourism and Tourism-related Elements in Turkish Literature: Treatment of tourism, travel, and tourist subjects in novels, essays, stories, and poems from past periods, and the handling of the theme of travel.

15. Development of Travel and Communication Means: Contributions of the development of land, sea, and air transportation, and modern communication tools to tourism.

16. Tourism in Turkish Art: Analysis of tourism-related elements in artworks such as paintings, photographs, theater, music, etc.

17. Development of Roads, Routes, Itineraries, and Package Tours.

18. Events Promoting Tourism Development: Fairs, festivals, exhibitions, business meetings, etc.

19. Periodical Studies: Tourism history activities, policies, and organizations in ancient Turkish history, Seljuk, Beyliks, Ottoman, Republic periods, and their sub-periods.

20. Turks as Tourists Abroad: The perspectives, experiences, observations, and contributions of Turks traveling abroad from the Ottoman Empire to the present

21. Tourism in the Programs of Political Parties from the Ottoman Empire to the Present.

22. Tourism in Government Programs.

23. Emergence and Implementation of Certain Tourism Concepts: The emergence and application of concepts such as room-only, half-board, full-board, all-inclusive, halal tourism, etc.

24. Compatibility and Incompatibility between Tourism and Religious, Moral, and Social Values throughout History: The Islamic perspective on tourism activities, societal moral resistance to tourism, and points where this resistance weakens.