A Sociological Approach of Relationship between Culture and Development: The Case of Adapazari in Turkey
In its general sense, culture may now be regarded as the set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features that characterize a society or social group. It includes not only the arts, humanities and sciences, mode of life, the fundamental rights of the human being, value systems, traditions and beliefs. This “common pool” evolves in time and in the form of trade. This is in distinct ways of being, thinking, acting and communicating. Some analysts believe it may be a driver or a hindrance to the development of a country. Regarding Turkish culture, it should be noted that it straddles two continents. It brings together customs and traditions inherited from the Ottoman Empire, Islam, or imported from the Mediterranean basin, the Middle East and Europe. Despite a particularly agitated twentieth century, modern Turkey also has, in addition to the ethnic Turkish population, minorities or communities as Laze, Kurdish, Armenian, Greek and Arabic. With all this cultural mix, Turkey is an emerging power in the Euro-Mediterranean region. It knows a remarkable economic and social development. With a population of 75 million inhabitants and a per capita income of $ 10,000, Turkey has climbed to 17th among the world’s economic powers.
