Özet:

Making wooden spoons in Köprübaşı is a traditional production process that has been continuing for long years. Spoons are completely handmade, and boxwood, hornbeam and alder are used. Boxwood is obtained from Rize, Artvin and Bolu; hornbeam and alder are obtained from Köprübaşı and the districts around. A room in a house or a room downstairs is used as workshop; production is generally made by one person. This productive activity has been carried out in Fidanlı, Akpınar, Karşı and Gündoğan neighborhoods and Çifteköprü village. This craft depends on the craftsman labor force; it is determined in 2011 that, approximately 40 craftsmen is working in the field; the youngest one is 25 years old while the oldest one is 80 years old. Food, tea, sugar and oil spoons and scoops are being produced. This economic activity, which has been continuing since the last periods of the Ottoman Empire, has been losing importance. Continuing this craft as a source of cultural heritage can be ensured by the courses opened by Public Education Center, by becoming cooperative, making promotion and marketing activities. Thus, it can be possible to make contributions to the region's tourism and economy (employment). Development of this handicraft, its situation today and solution suggestions are discussed in this research. Field observation, interviewing with spoon craftsmen, obtaining information from Köprübaşı Municipality and related institutions, reviewing Trabzon province yearbooks and resources are carried out and the research is formed accordingly.

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