Developments in the scope
of technology,without an exemption of all national boundaries,
bring people close together. Since the discovery of writing,
perheps 9.000 or 10.000 years ago, certain places in the world
were the grounds for close contacts among different cultures,
civilizations and religions.
The foundations of the various ancient civilizations' on the
lands of Anatolia, the settlement of the disples during the
first quarter of Christianity in Anatolia or that of Jewish
people who were subjected to the policy of annihilation in
their homelands during the Mediaeval Ages inevitably provided
the Anatolian region to embody various synagogues and churches
besides the Islamic works of arts belonging to the Turkish
nations.
The fact that these works of art that have attained to our
times as a result of our nations' notion of respect and high
esteem to other religions enable Turkey to gain an advantageous
position among the other countries.
The evaluation of the interests of people to visit religious
centers out of the consideration of regular fulfilments can
be identified as Faith Tours in the scope of tourism phenomenon.