Author(s): Elif AYDIN Sefa Åahan BÄ°ROLïªïª
With a universal perspective, young people to protect their values and be conscious, respectful and self-confident in doing so is effective in the formation of healthy individuals and therefore a healthy society. At the stage of realizing the mentioned issues, spending the leisure time as more qualified and versatile gains importance and institutions that strive to raise and develop young people come to the forefront. The aim of this study is to examine the recreational projects realized within the scope of Youth Projects Support Program by Ministry of Youth and Sports. Research data was collected with through document analysis one of the qualitative research techniques and interpretation of the findings is limited in the scope of recreational projects. The data were handled in three titles (project subject, number of projects and budget). According to the findings, it is determined that totaly 3341 projects (without recreational purpose) realized with 2.217.765 young participants were supported with 223.811.968,00 TL budget by Ministry of Youth and Sports. When consider the total number of projects evaluated within the scope of recreational purpose it is determined that the highest number of projects has been realized in the field of culture and arts with 1003 projects and the lowest number of projects has been realized in the field of mobile youth center with 73 projects. It is also determined that the topic of social harmony and culture and art projects have been supported in every period, youth center projects have been supported in only one period and the highest budget belongs to projects on social cohesion with 62.181.380,00 TL. and the lowest budget belongs to projects on mobile youth center with 5.930.000,00 TL. when evaluated within the scope of recreational purpose. As a result, it was determined that the projects supported by the Youth Projects Support Program within the Ministry of Youth and Sports and evaluated as recreational purposes have different subject contents, number of projects and budget according to the periods. In addition, it is thought that supported projects containing recreational activities for social, cultural, sports, recreation, arts and tourism purposes provide supporting to the multi-faceted development of young people
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