CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY OF SACRED PLACES: THE CASE STUDY OF NAZİMİYE DISTRICT (TUNCELİ)

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2020

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This study deals with how the sacred places in the Nazimiye district of Tunceli province constitute an environmental perception between man and nature. The main question the research tries to answer is; how the relationship between man and the environment gives a privilege to the space with the values of faith. In this direction, this research focuses on the relationship between human and sacred places through symbols, spatial emptiness, implicit environmentalism and spatial awareness approaches. Since the subject is cultural research, a qualitative method has been adopted. In light of this method, first of all, a literature review has been done about the research subject and the research area. Interviews, focus group interviews and observations were made using the ethnographic method. A total of one hundred twenty days of fieldwork was conducted following the method chosen. The research results show that, people develop a sense of belonging towards the sacred places with the reflection of cultural values on the space. As a result of the narration of the sacredness on a place, symbolic spaces have been formed within the sacred places. The visit to the sacred place is an essential element for visitors. On the other hand, when visitors have difficulty in accessing the sacred place due to material or spiritual obstacles, they have imitate these places in another area. For this reason, alternative special places have been constructed representing the sacred place, rather than the actual visiting site. In addition, the level of consciousness of people in their actions in the sacred place develops depending on the effect of spatial awareness. As a result of the belief structure in the region, it can be seen that the behaviors that are accepted as service/worship in the space take place in the form of implicit environmentalism.

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International journal of geography and geography education (Online)

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25

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