%0 Journal Article %T A Lifestyle Contrary to Globalization ¡°Cittaslow¡±: Seferihisar Sample %A Demet Cansaran %J - %D 2018 %X The formation of sustainable habitats and the preservation of these occurrences are considered as a phenomenon that contrasts with globalization. While the conservation of local heritage is aimed at cittaslows, globalization aims at a constant change. At this point; it is necessary to accept the difficulty of building new cittaslows and protecting existing ones as our time is the age of globalization. In spite of this hallenge, the cittaslow approach is a kind that aims to preserve the original values of cities in the face of globalization and to provide more habitable living spaces. This approach should aimed at in spite of the greatest obstacle of globalization against it. From this point of view, the study first tried to determine conceptual framework by making literature studies about the concept of "cittaslow" which contradicts the essence of globalization. Later on, studies on the cittaslow Seferihisar, which received the title of "the first cittaslow" of our country, were examined. Seferihisar¡¯s current resistance to globalization and how much resistance it can show in the following processes were tried to be analysed, the problems in this regard were questioned and suggestions were made. It has been emphasized in the last part of the study, that Seferihisar District, which has completed the first phase of being a member of a cittaslow union, needs more municipal- citizen integration in order to maintain its title as a cittaslow, to protect the locality and to avoid being lost in the globalization cycle %K Sakin Kent %K Seferihisar %K S¨¹rd¨¹r¨¹lebilirlik %U http://dergipark.org.tr/idealkent/issue/42409/459305