Political Economy Of Renewal Of Heritage Places In Turkey

摘要

Heritage conservation has been the focus of heritage policies, as it is the main instrument to guarantee future generation to benefit from it (1). In several countries decisions about conservation and its implementation take place in the public domain, either because governments directly "own" cultural heritage sites, or because they set the rules to guarantee conservation. Particular attention has been given to laws and regulations as the main tools used by public decision makers to guarantee heritage protection and conservation, even when these activities take place under the initiative of the private sector. Laws are issued to avoid those activities that could harm heritage guaranteeing its conservation, sometimes limiting the scope of action of private individuals or companies and public institutions who own cultural heritage, or to reduce the risk that the construction of new buildings would wipe out the old ones.