Özet:

Tourist guides who guide tourists visiting a destination are not only obliged to know the abstract or tangible aspects of the cultural heritage of the relevant destination, but also to know the history of the nations living there in the past or today. In this context, it is expected that tourist guides have sufficient knowledge and be well equipped about Turkish identity and can respond satisfactorily to the questions of tourists visiting Anatolia about this identity. This may be possible by giving priority to the departments of universities that provide tourist guiding education and prepare the required curricula. In this study, the curricula of tourist guiding departments affiliated to tourism faculties are examined and the scope of  the Turkish identity handled in these curricula is investigated. The study was completed by the content analysis of 16 department course curricula and their contents in total through 36 tourism faculties including "tourist guiding" and "travel management and tourist guiding" programs within their structure. As a result of the research, it was seen that the programs concentrate on concepts such as Turkish culture, architecture and foundations of mythological beliefs. As a result of the survey, it was observed that the contents of the programs were predominantly based on the Anatolian Seljuk and Ottoman State courses,and that they were concentrated on the culture of civilization revealed by Turks after they entered Anatolia, and that they were examined within the framework of art history and architecture. In addition, it was concluded that pre-Anatolian Turkish culture and identity were handled in general within the framework  of the mythology courses and that the Turkish identity was discussed through the epics but the official historical aspect was missing. Turkish history is not given sufficient place.  The study was completed with the suggestions for the course contents within the scope of the determinations made at this point.

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