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DÖSİMM

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DÖSİMM, an acronym for Döner Sermaye İşletmesi Merkez Müdürlüğü ("Revolving Funds Management Central Directory") is a sub unit of Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey.

DÖSİMM has a market chain in Turkey which sell traditional crafts and books. It is also responsible in museum revenue and provides resources for protection, maintenance, and development of cultural heritage, and culture and tourism infrastructure investments.[1]

Statistics

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The total number of visitors to DÖSİMM - controlled locations in 2017 was 20 509 000.[2]

The most visited locations are listed below

Location or museum Province No.of visitors
(in 000s)
World Heritage Site status
Mevlana Museum Konya Province 2480 [a]
Topkapı Palace İstanbul Province 1932 [b]
Hagia Sophia İstanbul Province 1892 [b]
Pamukkale Denizli Province 1494 Main list
Ephesus İzmir Province 996 Main list
Göreme Nevşehir Province 682 Main list
Haji Bektash Veli Complex Nevşehir Province 492 Tentative list
Ihlara Valley Aksaray Province 386
Republic Museum Ankara Province 360
Troy Çanakkale Province 329 Main list

Notes

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  1. ^ Konya city is in the tentative list
  2. ^ a b "Historic places in İstanbul" is in the main list

References

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  1. ^ "DÖSİMM page". Archived from the original on 2019-12-20. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  2. ^ Statistics page