A SYMBOLISM ESSEY IN CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY: A CASE OF ERZURUM CITY

Symbols are among the most important facts and can be evaluated topic in cultural geography studies. This topic is a special research area which is named symbolism or symbolic. And also this phenomenon took attention from cultural geographers in these days. Especially, former and today's communities which were lived in the research area; religious faiths, social classifications, economic functions, sexual attitudes, individual assessments and many different aspects of people can be transferred to current society and future communities by symbols more comfortably. Erzurum City is a historical settlement which is back dates to 4000 (BC). The city was administrated by 24 different states and civilizations that has been identified in approximately 6000 years historical processes. Study area controlled Muslim and Turkish communities in last thousand year's processes, rarely it can be possible to see symbolic sign from different religions. This study aims to explain the symbols with cultural geography research principles.