Sokak Satıcıları Açısından Safranbolu’daki Sokak Lezzetlerinin Değerlendirilmesi (Evaluation of Street Foods In Safranbolu From The Point of View of Street Vendors)

Abstract

Street foods are foods prepared at home or on the street without much preparation, which allow you to meet nutritional needs at affordable prices, which can be reached at any time of the day and are mostly marketed by street vendors in open-air areas in moving cars and stalls. Safranbolu, which takes its name from saffron, which is one of the most expensive plants in the world, is also one of the cities that stand out with its street foods. Street foods such as saffron delight, saffron tea, saffron coffee, baglar soda and kiren sherbet are used in the promotion of Safranbolu and increase the income from tourism in the region. The main purpose of this study, in which the street foods of Safranbolu are evaluated from the perspectives of street vendors, is to reveal the role of these street foods in ensuring the continuity of the local culinary culture and their contribution to gastronomic tourism in the region. The sample of the research, which was carried out by adhering to the qualitative research method and the phenomenology, consists of 26 street vendors working in fixed or mobile way in Safranbolu Kıranköy and Old Bazaar areas. Content and descriptive analysis were used in the analysis of the data obtained with the semi-structured interview form prepared by making use of the literature. In the study, it was concluded that the street foods of Safranbolu, one of the important cultural tourism routes in the Western Black Sea Region, mediate the promotion of the local culinary culture and contribute to the gastronomic tourism of the region.