URBAN TOURISM AND CULTURAL TOURISM IN THE CONTEXT OF BELIEF TOURISM: KONYA SAMPLE

The Anatolia is the ferment, cradle of civilizations and cultures, and a heaven on earth. The yeast of the civilization dough in this cradle has been put at the 10.000's B.C. and has reached up to modern times by a rich, sweet temper, which makes it a rich, generous geographical place and destination. Too many cities in Anatolia are hosting this historical heritage. Konya, is one of the most rooted cities of our Homeland both culturally and industrially. The documents proving that the revolutionary acts of conversion from nomadism, forager into settlement and agricultural life, in the history of humanity, have realized in these lands, have occured during the Konya Çatalhöyük excavation works. Konya which is assumed as the cradle of world civilization today, has an important location in terms of faith history. The Mother Goddess which has formed in Çatalhöyük at 6500‟s B.C., also forms the first cores of paganist religions of the Kybele cult. Konya has also hosted other religions during the historical phase. In this study, by evaluating the belief and cultural values within Konya in terms of Christianity and Islam religions, its contribution onto the Urban Tourism will be discoursed.