Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Turkey)
{{Short description|Government ministry of Turkey}}
{{Infobox government agency
|agency_name = Ministry of Culture and Tourism
|nativename = {{lang|tr|Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı}}
|seal = Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Turkey) logo.svg
|seal_size = 180px
|picture = File:Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı (27.02.2019) 02.jpg
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|picture_caption = Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism building, Ankara
|headquarters = Ankara
|formed = 2003
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|superseding =
|jurisdiction = Government of Turkey
|employees =
|budget = 38.964.106.000 TL (2024)
|minister1_name = Mehmet Nuri Ersoy
|minister1_pfo =
|deputyminister1_name = Batuhan Mumcu
|deputyminister1_pfo =
|deputyminister2_name = Gökhan Yazgı
|deputyminister2_pfo =
|deputyminister3_name = Nadir Alpaslan
|deputminister3_pfo =
|deputyminister4_name = Serdar Çam
|deputyminister4_pfo =
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|website = {{URL|https://www.ktb.gov.tr/|ktb.gov.tr}}
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The Ministry of Culture and Tourism ({{langx|tr|Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı}}) is a government ministry of the Republic of Turkey, responsible for culture and tourism affairs in Turkey. Revolving fund management of the ministry is carried by DÖSİMM.[http://dosim.kulturturizm.gov.tr/en/aboutus DÖSİMM page] On July 9, 2018, the newly elected President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced his cabinet of the new Turkish political system. Mehmet Nuri Ersoy was appointed Minister of Culture and Tourism.{{cite news |url=http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/siyaset/1021888/iste_Erdogan_in_acikladigi_kabine_listesi.html# |newspaper=Cumhuriyet |title=İşte Erdoğan'ın açıkladığı kabine listesi |date=2018-07-10 |language=tr |access-date=2018-07-10 }}
Ministry functions
The Turkish Ministry of Tourism assigns inspectors who inspect tourism investments and enterprises. This includes inspecting safety measures.{{Cite web |title=Turizm Yatırım, İşletme ve Kuruluşlarının Denetimi Hakkında Yönetmelik |url=https://teftis.ktb.gov.tr/yazdir?577245325979682CB3CC6F43B049BB22 |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=teftis.ktb.gov.tr}}
One of the responsibilities of the ministry is the preservation of manuscripts, so they are available and accessible to researchers.{{cite web|title=Manuscripts|url=http://www.yazmalar.gov.tr/index.php?dill=eng|website=Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey}}
Trivia
In promoting the country, the ministry often created promotional films for the country. In 2015, the ministry gained controversy after axing a scene from a $4 million-dollar promotional involving Julianne Moore due to her allegedly "poor acting".{{cite news|last1=Lee|first1=Benjamin|title=Julianne Moore cut from Turkey tourist board ad for 'poor acting'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/apr/01/julianne-moore-cut-from-turkey-tourist-board-ad-for-poor-acting|work=The Guardian|date=1 April 2015}} Ruhsar Demirel, of the Nationalist Movement Party, asked social affairs minister Ayşenur İslam: "How reasonable do you find promoting Turkey with the body of such names and women? How do you find, as a woman, giving plenty of money to a Hollywood star to promote Turkey, as if it were the 19th century?", and other politicians criticised her for a "depressive persona". In 2017, alongside Turkish Airlines and Turkish tourism companies, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism helped finance Non-Transferable, a romantic comedy film produced by Brendan Bradley.{{cite web|last1=Gutelle|first1=Sam|title=Turkish Airlines Gets In On The YouTuber Film Trend With ‘Non-Transferable’|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2015/12/10/turkish-airlines-non-transferable-film/|website=Tubefilter}}{{cite news|last1=Lazar|first1=Shira|title=How Do You Make a Movie in Europe With Almost No Budget?|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shira-lazar/how-do-you-make-a-movie-i_b_9298634.html|access-date=21 March 2017|work=Huffington Post|date=23 February 2016}}
In June 2018, the Ministry has sent a directive to the head of the excavations team in Turkey notifying them that according to a new regulation, 51 percent of archaeological excavation teams led by foreign crews should consist of Turkish nationals, the key posts in excavations such as archaeologist, anthropologist, art historian, restaurateur, architect, and photographer, should be reserved for Turkish citizens.[http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/new-regulation-imposes-turkish-majority-crew-rule-for-archeological-excavations-133598 New regulation imposes 'Turkish majority crew' rule for archeological excavations]
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Turkey)}}
- {{Official website|url=https://www.ktb.gov.tr/?_dil=2}}
- [https://www.goturkey.com/ Tourism portal]
- [http://www.kulturturizm.gov.tr/genel/text/eng/TST2023.pdf Tourism Strategy of Turkey - 2023] (2007)
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Category:2003 establishments in Turkey