Examining the websites of Provincial Directorates of Culture and Tourism in terms of using Turkish written language and making suggestions

Language is the embodiment of all the values of a nation. The correct use of lan-guage is important in terms of preserving these values and transferring them to genera-tions. The development of internet technology has reflected cultural interaction. This interaction has caused some hitches on the language. The unconsciousness in the written language used especially in websites and social media tools cause language problems. Turkish written language was also affected by this situation. In this study, the written language proficiencies of the websites Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism (İKTM), which is responsible for the promotion of culture at the provincial level, the development and marketing of tourism, is discussed. The written contents of all the pages on the websites were examined through the "The Turkish Written Language Scale". In the examinations, using the yes-no technique, coding was done manually as "1" if there is an error suitable for the item, and "0" if there is no error. In addition, samples regarding writing language errors on the websites were recorded. As a result of the research; It has been determined that the most common typographical errors on the websites of İKTMs are in the spelling of capital letters and abbreviations, the most common expression disorder is the use of the word in the wrong place and the addition-al inaccuracy/incompleteness/excess, and the most common punctuation error is the use of apostrophes and semicolons. In the analysis on the basis of regions, it is seen that Eastern Anatolia is the region that makes the most mistakes, and the region that makes the least mistakes is generally the Central Anatolia Region. As a result of the findings, some suggestions are presented to İKTMs and to those who will conduct research on this subject in the future. Keywords: Turkish Written Language, Tourism, Provincial Culture and Tourism Directorates, Web