November 2019 Year: 25 No:95 Mardin, A City of Tolerance IT&CMA and CTW Bangkok Istanbul Modern Cinema starts Turkey triathlon races The 41st Istanbul Marathon Izmir hosts Picasso exhibition FROM THE EDITOR November’2019 Year:25 No:95 Cultural Heritage and Tourism PUBLISHER & EDITOR IN CHIEF SUAT TÖRE Cultural tourism is a type of tourism
[email protected] activity in which the visitor’s essential PUBLISHING EDITOR motivation is to learn, discover, Özgür TÖRE experience and consume the tangible
[email protected] and intangible cultural attractions/ EDITORS products in a tourism destination. Ömer KOCAMAN The beauty of tourism is that it works its
[email protected] way into the hearts of people through Fusun TÖRE the desire to visit other cultures and
[email protected] learn about their customs. The world PUBLIC RELATIONS is connecting through ‘conserving HALKLA İLİŞKİLER cultures’. Different cultures are coming Cahit Akyol closer and holding hands by heritage
[email protected] conservation. In this issue, our cover INT. RELATIONS story is Mardin. Mardin is a city situated Özge TÖRE on the Turkish border with Syria and
[email protected] populated by diverse ethno-religious groups. Its complex history PHOTOS and groups are different from other cities of Turkey. Its cultural, MeeTurkey archive social and linguistic plurality has fascinated academics, politicians, ART DIRECTOR and travelers. Turkey has not had a multicultural policy. However, Özgür TÖRE Mardin’s structure has been a device to show the multiculturality OFFSET PREPARATION of Turkey. Travelers can see the interaction of four ethno-religious S&M Publication groups: Sunni Arabs, Sunni Kurds, Syriac Christians and Ezidis, and FILM & PRINTING how they all live together peacefully till today.