Traditional Turkish food culture in the age of virtual-digital culture

Virtualization and digitalization is a major transformation that encompasses many elements such as information, news, education, politics, health, advertising, trade, tourism, games, entertainment, music, etc. This transformation, which takes place on the axis of digitalization, reveals a large area called digital culture. In the new age, content access, teaching-learning, archiving and marketing are increasingly carried out in a digital-based manner. This development, change and transformation has created new ways of thinking and life styles. Food, as a cultural element, constitutes an important part of digital media content and brings vitality to social media platforms. In this process, which is defined as the age of digital culture, traditional Turkish food culture enters into a transformation at many points such as knowledge, skill, creativity, production, consumption, expression, show, advertising and marketing. In this context, in this thesis, a multi-dimensional analysis of traditional Turkish food culture has been made based on digital platforms in the era of virtual-digital culture. Written/visual/audio datas which related traditional Turkish food culture in virtual-digital environments have been analyzed with an interdisciplinary perspective in terms of technology, system, people, space, phenomenon, process and product. In this direction, the relevant data were analyzed with performance theory, functional theory, semiotic and cultural-psychological approaches. Finally, the future of the digitalization phenomenon in terms of food culture has been tried to be determined. Keywords Virtual, digital, digital culture age, internet folklore, traditional food culture,