Yerli Turistlerin Algılarına Göre Ahilik İlkeleri: İstanbul Kapalıçarşı Örneği

Abstract

The understanding of Akhi, which regulates social and economic life with its philosophy andactivities in the Seljuk and Ottoman periods, is one of the important institutions that contributedto the development of tradesmen and craftsmen in particular and the whole society in general.Many practices implemented by today's craftsmen and craftsmen show themselves as thecontinuation of the Akhi tradition. But in time, the principles of the Akhi understanding wereabandoned and the principles introduced by the capitalist order were adopted. The aim of thestudy is to evaluate the status of the Istanbul Grand Bazaar Tradesmen and Craftsmen, which hasa great importance in terms of tourism, the principles of akhism according to the comments madeby local tourists on the Tripadvisor travel site. Qualitative research approach was used in the study. 727 comments created by users on Tripadvisor were examined, 47 comments with thekeywords of tradesmen, craftsmen and sellers were analyzed with content analysis. As a resultof the study, it can be stated that Istanbul Grand Bazaar Tradesmen and craftsmen have someproblems about having Akhi principles.