Proje Tarihi: 2010 - 2011
Project Date: 2010 - 2011
Funder/Supporter: United Nations Joint Programme (within the "Alliances for Culture Tourism in Eastern Anatolia" initiative)
Project Partners: Implemented through communal work (imece) with villagers and experts
Sector: Museology, Cultural Tourism, Rural Development, Architectural Restoration
One of the most important milestones of Boğatepe, the Ecomuseum Zavot project was implemented by ÇEVDER with the grant support of the United Nations Joint Program “Alliances for Cultural Tourism in Eastern Anatolia”. The main objective of the project was to preserve the vanishing traditional cheese production heritage of Kars and transform it into a sustainable cultural tourism model that provides economic benefits to the local community.
As part of the project, the old cheese dairy (zavot) was saved from ruin and restored with the help of villagers and experts. The lower floor of the building was organized as Turkey's first thematic cheese museum, while the upper floor was functionalized as an area open to the common use of the village.
The Ecomuseum Zavot has not only showcased the multicultural history and cheesemaking heritage of Boğatepe, but has also become the social and touristic center of the village. This project, which enables women's economic empowerment, increases the number of visitors to the village every year and offers an integrated model for rural development, is one of ÇEVDER's proudest initiatives with the highest multiplier effect.
23.08.2017 - Kars'taki 'peynir müzesi'ne ziyaretçi ilgisi.
29.07.2013 - Armagan Portakal, Fatih Portakal - Peynir Müzesi Boğatepe.
17.04.2018 - Can Günay, Kars Boğatepe Köyü, Peynirlerin Kralı Kars Gravyeri ve Peynir Müzesi.
23.01.2018 - fusyollarda, VLOG | KARS PEYNİR MÜZESİ | Zümran Ömür | Boğatepe.
26.03.2019 - Daily Sabah. Turkey’s first cheese museum opens in Boğatepe village, gruyere and kashar capital of Kars.
