A New Approach For Conservation Of Historical, Cultural And Natural Assets And Management: Çanakkale Battles Gallipoli Historical Site

Abstract

Facing the pressure of urban, economic and political dynamics, the importance of conserving the historical and natural areas is increasing. Consequently, conservation approaches are also developing and new approaches for effective conservation are being developed. Although the practices in the conservation field in our country are parallel to the principles recommended by international institutions and organizations, there are still problems arising from integrated and ineffective particle approaches in the protection and management of natural and cultural heritage. Site management, which has become an important planning tool in the conservation and management of natural and cultural heritage, has taken place in our conservation legislation and practices with an increasing number and diversity of field management plans. In addition to the field management legislation, ``Law on the Establishment of Gallipoli Historical Area Presidency of the Gallipoli Wars{''} No. 6546, which entered into force on 19.06.2014, ``The Establishment of the Gallipoli Historical Area Presidency of the Gallipoli Wars{''} has begun for management of heritage. Although the general approach and framework of the site management is defined by UNESCO, the ``historical area management{''} approach, is a different law and approach than the administrative tools provided by the Regulation No. 26006, which was established in accordance with the law No. 2863 based on the specific characteristics of the area. When compared to organizational structure and administration, the most important difference brought by the Gallipoli Historical Site Management Legislation of the Gallipoli Wars; the Historical Area Presidency is a legal entity, in-place manage, has its own legislation, organizational model and own budget. According to the site management approach, which is related to the law No. 2863; the president of the field, the advisory board and the authority to appoint the coordinating board are commissioned by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The legislation of the management areas defined by the Ministry, not differentiated and there is no specific budget determined for the area. When the preparation and implementation of field management plans are compared in terms of their processes; the historical site management plan shall be prepared by the Historical Area Presidency of the historic area or by means of service procurement, be approved by the Ministry and shall be implemented and supervised by the units within the field presidency. Site management plans are made by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. When assessed in terms of the effectiveness of conservation; historical area management is based on holistic conservation approach; deals with the historical area as a whole for the conservation and management of natural, archeological, historical and urban cultural assets. In this respect, unlike the conservation approaches that have been developed so far in our country, it emerges as an important new approach that should be evaluated with its own organization, budget and legislation, and in-place governance, effectiveness and integrity. The specific principles developed for the conservation, improvement and development of the historic site define a new conservation approach that goes beyond the legal regulations in the existing protection legislation. This new approach is complementary to the existing conservation legislation in terms of the conservation and continuity of historic sites. With the experience provided by all the management plan cases established in our country up until now, the new approach of the historic area administration will become an important model in the development of holistic approaches towards conservation and other historic areas waiting to be managed.