Linguistic Studies on Tweets Gathered from Muğla Region: A Preliminary Study

Abstract

Citizens or visitors of a city can supply significant information by their posts in social media with the mobile devices. These data can give information about complaints, emergency situations, touristic attractions, etc. Social media analysis will be beneficial for smart city and smart management. This study is a first attempt to analyse and understand this touristic Muğla region by using social media. During this study, a sample dataset is formed by collecting the tweets that were sent from the Muğla region. Linguistic studies are implemented in tweets which are in Turkish language. Various techniques, statistical language and characteristics are used. Preliminary study revealed main topics about the region, user and hashtag types. We consider this study as a first step to a more detailed and complete analysis for this region.