A Sociological Approach of Relationship between Culture and Development: The Case of Adapazari in Turkey

Authors

  • Zakari Aboubacar

Keywords:

sociological approach, culture, sustainable development, non-formal education, social capital

Abstract

In its general sense culture may now be regarded as the set of distinctive spiritual material intellectual and emotional features that characterize a society or social group It includes not only the arts humanities and sciences mode of life the fundamental rights of the human being value systems traditions and beliefs This common pool evolves in time and in the form of trade This is in distinct ways of being thinking acting and communicating Some analysts believe it may be a driver or a hindrance to the development of a country Regarding Turkish culture it should be noted that it straddles two continents It brings together customs and traditions inherited from the Ottoman Empire Islam or imported from the Mediterranean basin the Middle East and Europe Despite a particularly agitated twentieth century modern Turkey also has in addition to the ethnic Turkish population minorities or communities as Laze Kurdish Armenian Greek and Arabic With all this cultural mix Turkey is an emerging power in the Euro-Mediterranean region It knows a remarkable economic and social development With a population of 75 million inhabitants and a per capita income of 10 000 Turkey has climbed to 17th among the world s economic powers

How to Cite

Zakari Aboubacar. (2016). A Sociological Approach of Relationship between Culture and Development: The Case of Adapazari in Turkey. Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 16(C6), 7–12. Retrieved from https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/1882

A Sociological Approach of Relationship between Culture and Development: The Case of Adapazari in Turkey

Published

2016-05-15