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Entrepreneurship is seen as incubator of economic growth. Entrepreneurship profile may show some similar features all over the world but the rest is under the influence of culture. Our study aims to identify the national culture that people perceive, to analyze entrepreneurial intention, preferences of professional options and cultural differences between people born before and after 1980, and to explore relationship between people's perceptions of national culture and entrepreneurial intention. The survey of this study was conducted on 384 people who live in Bulgaria with Turkish roots. To test the hypotheses, a field survey using questionnaires was conducted. Data were analyzed through SPSS program and differences and relations were tested through t tests and regression analyses. Analyses results revealed that attitude toward the behavior and perceived behavioral control have significant and positive effect on entrepreneurial intention. The factor having the greatest impact on intention is perceived behavioral control. It's found that there are differences between people's born before and after 1980 entrepreneurial intention, preference of professions and perceptions of national culture. In accordance with the regression analyses results, only power distance is found to have a significant effect on entrepreneurial intention and its effect on intention is negative.

In time of homogeneity, destinations try to differentiate themselves than competitors. One of the strategies works for differentiation is taking part in Cittaslow (slow city) network, a movement which highlights local differences. Within sustainable city context, this study aims to solve decision making problem to be a slow city and to determine the best alternative among the destinations which are under researched. In order to solve decision problem, we employed SuperDecisions. This study reveals that environmental policy is the most important criteria and Datça is the most appropriate candidate to be a Cittaslow after evaluation of all interactions between criteria.