Event Management Practices of NGO’S and Cultural Heritage Management in Türkiye: The Case of ÇEKÜL Foundation

Intangible cultural heritage includes the tools, materials, representations, practices, skills, expressions, and associated instruments that individuals, groups, and communities consider essential to their cultural heritage. This encompasses social rituals and festivals, oral traditions and expressions, crafts, performing arts, and the understanding of the universe. The transmission and preservation of these elements across generations are crucial. This heritage embodies sustainable development and offers a sense of identity and continuity in the interaction between groups, individuals, and communities with their surroundings, the natural world, and their history. Elements such as epics, folk tales, legends, idioms, Karagöz puppet theater, traditional foods, fairy tales, folk calendars, anecdotes, birth rituals, media, folk theater, wedding celebrations, Nowruz, evil eye beads, folk meteorology, folk architecture, coppersmithing, and weaving are all part of intangible cultural heritage. This study examines the event management strategies of the ÇEKÜL Foundation in the realm of cultural heritage management. To achieve this objective, the thematic analysis method was employed using the Maxqda program to examine the corporate website of ÇEKÜL. The results of the thematic analysis reveal that the foundation develops customized educational programs for students, teachers, and institutions, and prepares publications on various topics. The findings indicate that ÇEKÜL approaches the conservation and administration of cultural heritage from a broad perspective. Word frequency analysis highlights key terms such as “education,” “preservation,” and “cultural.” Additionally, important terms include “guide,” “information,” “teacher,” and “urban.” These findings demonstrate that the ÇEKÜL Foundation adopts a strategic approach for the sustainable preservation and introduction of cultural heritage to society.

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