Volume 5 Issue 2 Article 2 September 2020 Consuming history in a political context: Motivations of Turkish visitors of the Gallipoli Battlefields Ulvi Cenap Topcu Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University,
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[email protected]. Recommended Citation Topcu, U. (2020). Consuming history in a political context: Motivations of Turkish visitors of the Gallipoli Battlefields. Journal of Global Business Insights, 5(2), 103-119. https://www.doi.org/10.5038/ 2640-6489.5.2.1123 Corresponding Author Ulvi Cenap Topçu, Faculty of Political Sciences, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey Revisions Submission date: Oct. 14, 2019; 1st Revision: Feb. 24, 2020; 2nd Revision: Apr. 23, 2020; 3rd Revision: Aug. 20, 2020; Acceptance: Aug. 21, 2020 Topcu: Consuming history in a political context: Motivations of Turkish visitors of the Gallipoli Battlefields Consuming History in a Political Context: Motivations of Turkish Visitors of the Gallipoli Battlefields Ulvi Cenap Topçu Faculty of Political Sciences Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey
[email protected] Abstract Certain unconventional tourism activities such as visiting battlefields, old prisons, or crash sites encompass dark tourism and have become the focus of scholarly pursuit.