Savaş alanları turizmine yönelik motivasyon, duygu ve deneyimler: Metristepe ve İnönü Şehitlikleri-Bozüyük örneği

Abstract

The war is one of the great tragedies of human history. Today, the areas are devastated by war are seen as a resource for trigger the tourism. Battlefields, martyrdoms, monuments, museums and historical shows create an attractiveness for dark tourism. However, there is a limited literature about motivation sources of battlefields area visits. Bilecik where the foundation place of the Ottoman Empire also witnessed important events in the War of Independence. The research areas are Metristepe and İnönü war graves where the Battle of Inönü was won. This places located in the Bozüyük district. In the research it was aimed to determine the motivation of people who visited Metristepe and İnönü martyrdom. Qualitative research methods were used in the study. The data were collected in depth interviews held in April and May 2017. A total of 38 people were interviewed and the interviews took about 20-30 minutes. In-depth interview was applied 38 people in total. The data which is collected the research area were analyzed with the MAXQUDA 12 software. Content analysis was applied to determine the