The model of Turkey in legal protection of cultural heritage

By the developing of the concept of common heritage of humanity in the international community, the idea of the development of natural or man-created precious, carrying the universal values that belong to a single state is abandoned. Such cultural artifacts are accepted as the common heritage of all humanity. The international enforcement efforts which are being executed by this purpose and organizations are created are encouraging the protection of world cultural heritage and transferring to future generations. Legal actions are required to transmit world cultural heritage to future generations because of the facing technological, natural or man-made threats of world cultural heritage. Protection of cultural heritage by legal ways is the base of all protection ways. Significant changes in existing law are made for the protection of cultural assets in the last period in Turkey. After international agreements are signed by Turkey, our national legislation is must be determined compliance with international law in the process of integration of cultural assets with contemporary life. In this study, national legislation of Turkey are examined which are based on conservation of our cultural assets that composes our cultural heritage and transfer of assets to future generations. It is aimed to provide contribution to compliance by international contemporary approach and application principles in this study.