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When describing economic, political, social and spatial processes today, meta-concepts are inevitably The study focuses on the discourse of city museums in Turkey since 2000, and how they are mediated politically and ideologically over the discourse of localism in Turkey. Beginning from the 2000s, city museums become widespread in Turkey. Up to now, 42 city museums are established and 63 are proceeding in different cities and towns in Turkey. In this research on the city museums in Turkey, I scanned online newspapers, institutional websites (such as the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, History Foundation of Turkey and Union of Historical Towns and Foundation of the Promotion and Protection of the Environment and Cultural Heritage) and websites of museums. City museum has been discussed in political rhetoric, official discourse of local administration, works of non-governmental organizations and academic research. It reveals that they are the agents of city branding, actors of global and local competition, platforms of conservation of local culture and history, initiatives of developing sense of belonging and consciousness of citizenship, collectors of urban memory, and yet agents of history writing and symbols of ideology.

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