Sustainable Tourism Research Group

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The Sustainable Tourism Research Group, operating within our center, works in cooperation and coordination with national and international stakeholders. The group is responsible for the preparation and implementation of standards, criteria, certification programs, and training-research content related to sustainable tourism. Within the framework of the cooperation agreement with the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC), group members conduct GSTC-certified training and destination evaluations on sustainable tourism in Türkiye.

Group Members

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Halil Burak Sakal

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Political Science and International Relations

email: burak.sakal@kapadokya.edu.tr

 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Bahar

School of Applied Sciences, Department of Tourism Guiding

email: mehmet.bahar@kapadokya.edu.tr

 

Research Assistant Fatima Tüzzehra Albayrak

School of Applied Sciences, Department of Tourism Guiding

e-mail: fatima.albayrak@kapadokya.edu.tr

 

Lecturer Avşin Ayhan

Social and Strategic Studies Application and Research Center

e-mail: avsin.ayhan@kapadokya.edu.tr