CONSERVATION of ANTIQUE PERGAMON CITY (1)
URBAN CONSERVATION POLICIES AND PLANS FOR A WORLD HERITAGE SITE CASE: ANTIQUE PERGAMON CITY AND ITS MULTI-LAYERED CULTURAL LANDSCAPE
Pamukkale, Goreme, Cappadocia, Istanbul, Bogazkoy, Nemrut Mountain, Xanthos-Letoon, Patara and the Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrigi in the “World Cultural Heritage List” which are very famous assets of Turkey.
Izmir’s Pergamon (Bergama) Antique City And Its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape entered the UNESCO World Heritage List with the participation of 21 countries in the 38th World Heritage Committee Meeting held in Doha, Qatar’s capital in between 15–25 June 2014. Bergama became the 999th WORLD HERITAGE. Bergama, which has been in operation since 2010, has entered the list as a “Multilayered Cultural Landscape Area”.
2. Objectives of this paper
Urban and archaeological sites of the Ancient City Pergamon (todays Bergama, in Izmir Turkey), which is over two thousand years old, where scientists, archaeologists, architects, art historians, urban planners, sculptors and similar arts and culture, men talk about the City with admiration, write praises, face to face some detoriation and destruction nowadays.
The main purpose of this paper is to explain and summarize of urban and archaeological conservation efforts for Pergamon since 1992 to 2014. In the paper also aimed to give the conservation policies of public administrations which mainly central (Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ministry of Environment) and local (Bergama Municipality, General Directorate of Pious Foundadions / Vakfs).
As being a conservation planner working on Pergamon since 1992, I’ will concentrate the following aspects and conclusions;
1. Urban and Archaeological Sites in Turkey are generally in danger of destruction because of lack of public awareness and lack of sufficient monetary funds and administrative organisations.
2. In the Case of Pergamon; this problems mentioned above are already defeated by the local and central governmental bodies. Unfortunatelly this success costs time and money, as well as more losess in the urban and archaeological areas. Especially loss in old Ottoman Houses and open archaeological sites.
3. The Paper will be aim to handle the governmental policies about the conservation, the inefficiencis in planning and approval of conservation aimed plans.
Anatolia as a bridge between Asia and Europe due to the civilizations of Anatolia and developed for thousands of years and has left important works. BC History 7 thousand of up significant traces of Anatolian civilization and sits within the borders of our country with details of the investigation, evaluation, and must be protected. This is from the ages of Anatolia to the present not only never empty, instead of destroyed civilizations established a new one.
Were separated in many regions of Western Anatolia in ancient times. Troy, Canakkale today that centre around the north of Troas, Pergamum Kingdom which lasted for more below the centre of Bergama. With the land between the Gediz Bakırcay Aiolya, Izmir Menderes was up to the Ionian region. Further behind the Dalaman River, Lake Bafa Kayra territory extending up to.
National history and cultural values that make up our lives, coming up to the
present day have formed the nucleus of a great heritage. Historical and cultural heritage, as a bridge between the past and live time, while maintaining our identity formation, and has become a major shareholder.
Turkey is one of the 10 original member states to establish UNESCO. 16 Assets in Turkey are included in the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites. Further, 69 sites have been nominated and are included in the tentative list.