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FAITH TOURISM
Developments
in the scope of technology,without an exemption of all
national boundaries, bring people close together. Since the
discovery of writing, perheps 9.000 or 10.000 years ago,
certain places in the world were the grounds for close
contacts among different cultures, civilizations and
religions.
The foundations of the
various ancient civilizations' on the lands of Anatolia, the
settlement of the disples during the first quarter of
Christianity in Anatolia or that of Jewish people who were
subjected to the policy of annihilation in their homelands
during the Mediaeval Ages inevitably provided the Anatolian
region to embody various synagogues and churches besides the
Islamic works of arts belonging to the Turkish nations.
The
fact that these works of art that have attained to our times
as a result of our nations' notion of respect and high
esteem to other religions enable Turkey to gain an
advantageous position among the other countries.
The evaluation of the
interests of people to visit religious centers out of the
consideration of regular fulfilments can be identified as
Faith Tours in the scope of tourism phenomenon.
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