Sustainability of Rural Identity: Learning from Kıyıkışlacık’s Self-Generated Experience

Abstract

Sustainability of rural settlements highly depends on the unique rural identity which is created through their development process. In fact, rural identities are considered to be threatening by the increasing attention of touristic activities to these authentic settlements. As a result, it is crucial to take sustainability of rural identity into consideration in rural planning activities. However, indigenous formation of rural settlements creates their own dynamics and sustainability parameters vary accordingly. This paper aims to analyze a rural settlement – Kıyıkışlacık Village of Milas, Muğla – and understand the unique codes of continuity by its own experiences.