Inanç Turizmi Baglaminda Kentsel Turizm ve Kültürel Turizm: Konya Örnegi/Urban Tourism and Cultural Tourism In The Context Of Religious Tourism: The Case Of Konya

Tourism activities have been emerged as a phenomenon of modern society and particularly with the globalization period they have been turned into the organizations in which every people could join. Urban, culture and faith tourism oriented organizations are the main parts of these type of organizations and they make an economic contribution to the national economy in addition to the contributions to the construction of the socio- cultural movements between the tourist receiving countries and the tourist generating countries.The geographical, cultural and historical assets owned by the cities are served to the visitors as urban and culture tourism activities in their natural habitat. By bringing their distinctive properties into the forefront, they have been developing conservation and public works projects in order to obtain the benefits of urban tourism.The changes in social life in a dynamic cycle cause to increase the interests over the alternative tourism instead of tourism activities based on sea, sand and sun concept. These developments contributed to the urban tourism expansion related with the short term visits mainly depend on cultural, social and artistic aims. One of the main reasons for the development of urban tourism based on human demands. They are very enthusiastic to discover the social, cultural and functional identities of the cities in detail. Anatolia, which is the cradle and starter of culture and civilization, is a paradise on earth. The seeds of that civilisation were spreaded in 10,000 BC and it has been enriched with a sweet consistency as a rich, generous geographical space and destination so far. In this perspective, many cities in Anatolia are home to this historical heritage.Konya is one of the oldest cities in terms of cultural and industrial areas. As a revolution in the history of mankind transition from nomadic to hunter - gatherer to residential and agricultural society has been occured in this land and the documents indicating that have emerged over the excavations at Çatalhöyük in Konya. Konya is considered as the cradle of civilization in today's world, has an important position in terms of religious history. Mother Goddess, the Cybele cult found at Çatalhöyük in 6500 BC, constitute the first part of pagan religions core. In this study we will evaluate belief and cultural values in terms of Christianity and Islam and focus on the contribution to the Urban tourism.