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Yazarlar: Evrim ULUSAN, A. Ege YILDIRIM

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Anahtar Kelimeler:UNESCO,World Heritage List,Tentative List,Global Strategy,Turkey

Özet: In a rapidly changing world, the threats that the natural and cultural heritage are facing have led to the necessity for international cooperation for the protection of the heritage that possesses outstanding universal value and belongs to all humankind. UNESCO’s “Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage” was adopted in 1972. The aim of this Convention is to identify, protect and promote these cultural and natural sites; through creating needed social awareness and cooperation. Thus, the heritage sites of international significance are bestowed the status of “World Heritage”. As per the Convention, the States Parties are first responsible for communicating the “Tentative Lists” (TL) of sites they intend to nominate for the World Heritage List (WHL). Turkey became a State Party to the Convention in 1983, with 15 sites inscribed on the WHL and 60 sites on the TL. This paper examines Turkey’s TL in the context of the Convention’s aims and the “Global Strategy for a Representative, Balanced and Credible World Heritage List”. The process of forming the TL is evaluated, with a view to creating and managing a sound ‘candidate selection’ aligned with the State Parties’ expectations. As a country with sufficient capacity to inscribe properties on the WHL but which did not focus sufficiently on this work in earlier years, Turkey is now endeavouring to make full use of the possibilities provided by the Convention. Turkey’s WH policies can be developed effectively in line with the Global Strategy, with a focus on the TL, to better reflect its cultural and natural wealth in the WHL, and strengthen its capacities through international collaborations.

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