8 district ‚calm city‘ candidates in Turkey

The cittaslow movement, which is a combination of Italian ‚citta‘ and English ’slow‘, meaning ‚calm city‘ and started in Italy in 1999 in order to expand the ‚Slow Food: Slow food‘ movement to the urban area, aims to live at a pace to be enjoyed and improve the quality of life. advocates raising. It is envisaged that this will be possible by preserving the city’s original structure, architecture, traditions and customs, local cuisine and historical identity.

FIRST SEFERİHİSAR IN TURKEY ENTERS THE LIST

The Cittaslow movement, which advocated a different development model, spread around the world in a short time and became an international union where various municipalities could become members. Cities that are members of the Cittaslow Association must meet 72 criteria under the headings of environment, infrastructure and Slow Food and adhere to the calm city philosophy. The Turkish network started with the inclusion of Seferihisar district of Izmir in the Cittaslow Association in 2009. Cittaslow Türkiye list continues to grow with the inclusion of new cities in the list.

22 DISTRICTS FROM 17 PROVINCES HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS ‚CALSE CITY‘

Cities that manage to meet criteria such as environment, infrastructure, urban quality of life, social cohesion and hospitality, which include issues such as air and water cleanliness, reduction of visual pollution and traffic noise, and creation of efficient bicycle paths, are added to the ‚Slow City‘ list. There are 22 districts of 17 provinces in Turkey that have achieved the title of ‚Calm City‘ as a result of more than 3 years of work and consultations and have been awarded the ‚Calm City‘ list of the International Cittaslow Association.

CALM CITIES OF TURKEY

Izmir’s Seferihisar and Foça, Muğla’s Akyaka and Köyceğiz, Isparta’s Eğirdir and Yalvaç, and Bolu’s Göynük and Mudurnu are on the list, with two districts each connected to these four provinces. Other quiet cities are Ahlat in Bitlis, Arapgir in Malatya, Finike in Antalya, Gerze in Sinop, Gökçeada in Çanakkale, Güdül in Ankara, Halfeti in Şanlıurfa, İznik in Bursa, Kemaliye in Erzincan, Ordu. nun Thursday, Artvin’s Şavşat, Erzurum’s Uzundere, Kırklareli’s Vize and Aydın’s Yenipazar districts are listed.

CANDIDATED CITY DISTRICTS

There are 8 districts that have applied for candidacy to be included in the Cittaslow Turkey list and are still in the process of reviewing the criteria. The candidacy process of the districts of Daday in Kastamonu, Eflani in Karabük, Güzelyurt in Aksaray, Yakakent in Samsun, Bayramiç in Çanakkale, Sivrihisar in Eskişehir, Şarköy in Tekirdağ and Osmaneli in Bilecik continues.