Contribution of University Students' Urban Consciousness and Urban Rights Awareness toUrbanization and Urban Culture; Example of Bayburt

: Urbanization is a process that involves change and organization and has socio-cultural consequences. Themost important of these results is the emergence of a city-specific lifestyle and culture called urbanization. However,in urban settlements that are not based on industrialization or created by political decisions, urbanization can realiseunhealthy or distorted and so urban behaviors and lifestyle cannot occur. Bayburt, which became a province in 1989,is a city that is in the process of urbanization and development. According to the "Provinces and Regions Socio Economic Development Survey", Bayburt, is in the fifth degree group of developed provinces with low agriculturalproductivity and hidden unemployment problem in the agricultural sector. Emigration is a factor that supports thelivelihood of the province. However, there is a positive development in the economic indicators per capita andmigration rates in Bayburt after becoming a province. Per capita national income increased from $ 708 in 1990 to $1019 in 1996. Between 2012 and 2013, Bayburt is now a province receiving immigration with a net immigrationrate of ‰ 1,46. In this positive development, the share of students and academicians who came to the city withBayburt University was opened in 2008, is a phenomenon that has been revealed by researches and is generallyaccepted. The main mission of universities is actually education and research. However, these institutions can makevaluable contributions to the economic, social and cultural development of a city, depending on the size, populationand level of other functions of the cities in which they are located. The purpose of this study is to reveal to whatextent Bayburt University students coming from different cities and carrying the cultural elements of that city hadan impact on the culturalization of their urban behaviors and the urbanization of Bayburt. For this purpose, aliterature review has been made and a questionnaire and interviews were conducted in order to measure theawareness and sensitivity of the students and citizens about urbanization and urban rights and to reveal to whatextent they do these