Kültürel Mirası Korumada Katılımcılık

Abstract

As similar cases in the world, corporate social responsibility activities, such as sponsorships, Built-Operate-Transfer arrangements, Restore-Operate-Transfer contracts and profi t sharing projects, that support collaboration among public-civil society-business can have a key role in the sustainable conservation of cultural heritage both in Turkey. Through such collaborations that serve universal conservation principles, cultural areas and assets can be preserved for future generations without dependence on public funding. This study aims to develop such corporate social responsibility applications that have already been known in urban architecture structures, monuments and urban preservation cites in a systematic way as a conservation method to be used in archaeological sites in Turkey. The study discusses current legislation in Turkey (in terms of cultural conservation) within the context of participatory conservation approaches at global scale. While elaborating methods of functional use of cultural assets, it also questions the necessity of participatory approaches in cultural conservation. The study argues for the signifi cance of a “cultural heritage policy” in the conservation of cultural heritage in Turkey, while laying out the general framework of criteria of such policy.