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The InterPARES 3 Project is an international research project composed of numerous regional, national and multinational research teams. One of the fundamental tasks of the research is to evaluate the digital records management practices of test-bed institutions within different sectors in each region or country to allow the Project's researchers to better understand the nature and scope of the similarities and differences of these practices both within and between institutions in different sectors and, eventually, across cultural boundaries. Accordingly, TEAM Turkey has evaluated seventeen test-bed institutions from six sectors: Education, Research, Publishing, Health, Military and Government. This research involved qualitative and quantitative analyses of each institution from different perspectives, including their technological capabilities, their staff structures, and their digital records policies. This paper presents the TEAM's preliminary findings, which indicate that although these seventeen institutions exhibit different records management characteristics due to their unique organizational structures, they nevertheless share some similarities in their digital records management policies and some of their other related policies. Given the wide scope of the institutions examined, it is felt that these findings accurately reflect the broader picture of the current nature and status of digital records management in Turkey and, as such, provide critical insight into the digital records management processes that affect Turkey's digital records management infrastructure.

The tour guiding profession was much abused in the past while illegal guiding took place, and remains much the same nowadays. With the use of official documents, this paper outlines issues concerning illegal tour guid ing from the past to the present. Document analysis as a qualitative research method was applied in this study. Archival research was carried out, and unpublished documents were analysed to contribute to the literature and shed light on the roots of illegal tour guiding. Archival data was combined with travel guidebooks, official reports, and court files. Despite regulations, problems concerning tour guiding continue to exist to the present day. More than ever before, illegal tour guides employed by travel agencies have become a threat to the employment of licenced guides. The number of illegal tour guides proves that current measures remain incapable of prohibiting illegal guiding activities. Touting seems to be the longstanding main motivation for illegal guides. Unethical guiding practices affect the established image of the destination country. From a historical perspective and underlining issues such as touting through unpublished archived documents and official reports, this paper contributes a detailed understanding of the defective points concerning the travel industry.