Forced population exchange between Turkey and Greece after World War I left many former Greek towns in Turkey unoccupied ever since, in a quasi-archaeological state, as in Kayaköy between modern Fethiye and Ölüdeniz in western Anatolia.... more
Forced population exchange between Turkey and Greece after World War I left many former Greek towns in Turkey unoccupied ever since, in a quasi-archaeological state, as in Kayaköy between modern Fethiye and Ölüdeniz in western Anatolia. Known as Levissi in Greek, the settlement was the largest social and commercial centre of the area. The outgoing exchangees were artisans while the incoming were farmers living in scattered villages around Thessaloniki. Evaluating Kayaköy as unsuitable for their lifestyle, the incomers settled mostly on the coastal band; and the estates allocated for them in Kayaköy were transferred to the State Treasury in 1950s. This State ownership forms the legal basis for a current project to convert one-thirds of Kayaköy into a 300-bed hotel. This paper attempts to outline changing policies of tourism investment in Turkey along this century-long path that eventuated in a decision to convert a prominent Greek town into a tourism resort.
1970lerin sonlarından bu yana dönem dönem gündeme gelen, Kayaköy'ü turizm ağırlıklı yoğun kullanıma açma ve karşısında gelişen kültürel miras olarak koruma girişimlerinin geçmişine giden bu yazı, bugün gelinen noktayı daha geniş... more
1970lerin sonlarından bu yana dönem dönem gündeme gelen, Kayaköy'ü turizm ağırlıklı yoğun kullanıma açma ve karşısında gelişen kültürel miras olarak koruma girişimlerinin geçmişine giden bu yazı, bugün gelinen noktayı daha geniş perspektiften değerlendirmeye katkıda bulunmayı amaçlıyor.
