Abstract
Factors Affecting the Decline and Extinction of Maraş Handcrafts: 19th Century with the First Guarter of the 20th Century
Maraş province where is home to many civilizations has a geographical, historical and cultural heritage with its handicraft. Külekçilik, leather craft, keçecilik, weaving, copper working are examples of rich handicrafts. Copper work and jewelry are performed at least in the present day but other handicrafts are extinction. Recently, no study has been conducted on the sustainability of cultural heritage in literatüre.
Happened political crises, regional events, the establishment of tribes and the attitude of the guild in the recent periods of Ottoman Empire play important role in the decline and extinction of Maraş handicrafts. Therefore, the aim of this study, it is an investigation of social, political and economic factors which cause the extinction at the handicrafts which constitute the cultural heritage of Maraş.
Keywords
Maraş, handicrafts, Armenians, tribes, World War I.
