[CPProt.net] FW: Cultural Heritage and World Bank SRMP Propject in Turkey (MSN.NL)

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From: SAADET GUNER [mailto:saadetg at tnn.net] 
Sent: 02 February 2005 05:14
To: info at museum-security.org; cpprot at te.verweg.com
Subject: Fw: Cultural Heritage and World Bank SRMP Propject in Turkey
(MSN.NL)


 
Dear President And Professors                       
           I am very glad to inform you that Website of the "Project for
Protecting the Cultural Heritage in Seferihisar and Presenting Them To
Cultural Tourism" (http://www.chprojects.org. or the
http://www.kmprojeleri.org) was achieved. This Project was prepared and
organized with in the framework of the Social Risk Mitigation Project (SRMP)
of the World Bank implemented in Turkey through the Social Solidarity Fund
of The Prime Ministry Of The Republic of Turkey (SYDTF) for 2001. 

In this Project, the protection of the cultural heritages was considered as
"the real investments" to struggle against poverty and unemployment and to
improve the environmental, economic, social and cultural development of the
Seferihisar district of  İzmir city that is the third big city of Turkey
located on the Aegean Coasts.  In the light this approach, cleaning of the
surroundings of TEOS Ancient City (BC. 2000) and Sigacik Castle (AD1.500)
and scientific Works on them was made. Citizens living in Seferihisar and
within the scope of valuable and voluntary supports of Commandership of the
Communication Training Unite Gendarmerie in Seferihisar to the Project , a
total of 250 soldiers doing their military service in it were educated
particularly on the importance of the protection of the cultural heritage
and prevent of their illicit trade.  

Within the scope of this project;  lower or no income M. A students and
undergraduates ( 9) from Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Fine Arts and
Department of American Culture and Literature of Dokuz Eylül University
(DEU), İzmir and  lower or no income citizens (11, three of them were women
and two of them were high school students. ) from Seferihisar,  totally 20
people were employed temporarily in two months under the guarantee Social
Insurance.   They were given "official minimum subsistence wage monthly" in
Turkey.

The Website of the Project is deemed as the most important and the fastest
instrument to exchange information on the protection of the cultural
heritage and cultural heritage management among the academics, students and
public, etc. in the World and to pass safely the information on Project
works and cultural properties of Seferihisar to next generations.

Project Works and its contributions presented as a paper to; the IX Forum
UNESCO International Conference (Buenos Aires-Argentina 11-17 October 2004,
), 9. International Workshop "Archaeology and Computers-Looted
Past-Digitalized Future" (Vienna, Austria 3-5 November 2004) III.
International Conference on "Archeology and Conservation, (Jordan 7-11
December 2004) and will be presented to X Forum UNESCO Conference in UK,
2005)   .

One of the long-term objectives of the project is to make this website a web
portal that includes all the information / papers / documents and websites
about the projects and workings being realized for "Protection and
Management of Cultural Heritage", in Turkey and the entire World. 

So, except our works, you can also find on this website some papers related
to the civic initiatives established in Turkey, their activities and
international papers, in order to  the protection of the cultural Heritage
in Saudi Arabia and Iraq (2002 and 2003) and also some activities about the
protection of the cultural heritage in the World.    

I would like to thank you in advance for your kind consideration and visit
of the website of the Project and your message sent to website's "guest
book" related to you thoughts, advises etc. on the Project.

I will be very glad if you send the papers, .web adress, projects,
activities about "cultural heritage as a "the real investments" to struggle
against poverty, unemployment and to improve the environmental, economic,
social and cultural development of the region" and "Teos Ancient City and
Sıgacık Castle"  to  saadet.guner at chprojects.org .We plan to have a data
bank on the web site about these subjects.

At least I will be honor if you accept as a link the Website of the Project
on your web site. 

"A Nation Stays Alive If  Its  Culture Stays Alive "

Looking forward to hear from you soon, I remain, 

Yours truly

Mrs. SAADET GUNER, Project Designer and Consultant

On Behalf of Project Team, January 28, 2005  

NOTE: Please kindly disseminate this message among your colleagues


Phone and Fax : +90 232 747 42 28 
Mobile Phone: +90 532 417 35 34

Address: Dogankent Sitesi, B6 Yolu, No: 6, Urkmez, Seferihisar- Izmir/Turkey


 

 

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