One of the main obstacles in this regard is political
instability, which ushered in inconsistent tourism policies
and planning practices. It is interesting to note that in
a 75 year history of the Turkish Republic 56 governments
have been in power. The average span of duty of every
government was 1.3 years. According to the Ministry of
Tourism (1997), between 1963 and 1996, 30 ministers
were appointed to this position. The average span of duty
of each Minister of Tourism (MT) was 1.1 years, a span
too short to achieve anything, particularly at national
level. Because of this, &the historical position of the
Turkish state with respect to tourism has been fairly
inconsistent'