Amanos Dağları ve Çevresinin Eko-Gastronomik Açıdan Değerlendirilme Olanakları

Abstract

This study was carried out in order to determine the opportunities that the Amanos mountains and its surroundings, which have an important floral and natural importance in our country, will provide in terms of ecogastronomy. The preference of areas with natural importance in gastronomic tourism activities that have emerged in recent years has made certain areas advantageous. The Amanos Mountains are a long mountain range extending from one end to Kahramanmaraş province and the other end to the town of Samandağ (Hatay), a coastal settlement. This mountain and its surroundings have hosted many different cultures from the past to the present, as well as the areas around which 4 different provinces and 15 district have shared today. On the other hand, this mountain and the cities around it (Osmaniye, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş ve Gaziantep) are the prominent cities of our country in terms of gastronomy. In the study, the prominent natural areas of the region and the ecogastronomic opportunities that these areas can offer with their general floral structure were evaluated with a multidisciplinary approach. As a result of the study, it has been determined that the floral richness of the abcak region, where the Kahramanmaraş, Hatay and Osmaniye fronts of the Amanos mountains are more advantageous in terms of transportation and settlement, manifests itself on a large scale. On the other hand, although the Plateau settlements in the area offer gastronomic opportunities, it is predicted that it will bring some damages for the region in the future from an ecological point of view. For this reason, it has been concluded that it would be more appropriate from an ecologically point of view to realize the ecogastonomic potential of the Amanos Mountains in their surroundings rather than in the mountain center.