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change made in the Metropolitan Act in 2014, faces the danger of deterioration of rural landsca-
pe identity. For this purpose, domestic and foreign literature on the field of work and the sub-
ject has been searched firstly. A Mind Map Evaluation Form has been created by utilizing the
previous studies on the topic in order to spatially determine the rural landscape identity percep-
tion of local rural residents. The Mind Map Evaluation Forms prepared previously have been
applied face-to-face on selected subjects from local residents based on 5-key-person method
in the meeting held in Beydili. When selecting these people, gender equality criteria has been
taken into consideration and the Simple Random Sampling Method has been used. Obtained
mind maps have been analyzed according to the cultural landscape components reflecting the
rural landscape identity. The sub-factors that are thought to be effective in the formation of the
mind maps to be used for the assessment of rural identity are determined as learning status,
occupation, and residence time for the subjects from the local people.
Findings: In his study,
Lynch (1960) wanted from those whom he interviewed to draw the city sketches so as to pro-
duce a map to “describe someone who never knows the area”. As a result of these mappings,
the contents of the city image are collected under five basic topics. These are paths, borders /
edges, regions, nodes / focal points, and markers. In our mind maps study carried out in Beydili
Quarter (Village), it has been seen that these 5 elements are supported in participants’ drawings.
Participants have benefited from focal points, roads, borders, regions, and markers while they
are conveying the quarter (village) they created in their minds into their drawings. The rural
landscape identity is assessed by analyzing these mind maps. The mind maps requested to be
drawn from the local residents are analyzed. As a result of these analyzes, a total of 23 items
drawn on maps are identified. Some of these elements are not included in this classification
because they cannot be associated with cultural landscape components. Therefore, 15 elements
that are considered to be spatially significant to and associated with cultural landscape compo-
nents have been selected. Cultural landscape components are titled under 5 topics: “Settlement
Areas”, “Agricultural Areas”, “Historical and Archaeological Elements”, “Traditional Culture
Elements” and “Transportation”. Gender-related differences are found in mind maps of parti-
cipants who were selected by considering gender equality at the beginning of the study. The
male ones have drawn more complete maps by establishing connection of the quarter (village)
with the district. However, they are found to include a limited number of elements. Females,
on the other hand, have shown that their awareness and identity perceptions are higher for the
area they live in, by providing better spatial coverage and better settlement elements. They have
drawn their mind maps from this point of view. Besides spatial-physical factors, socio-cultural