The impact of politics and ideology on the transformation of heritage values: Haci Bayram District in Ankara, Turkey

• Özgün Özçakir ^[2] ; Ayçe Güliz Bilgin Altinöz ^[1] ; Anna Mignosa ^{[3] [4]}
  1. [1] Middle East Technical University

     Middle East Technical University

     Turquía

     
  2. [2] Research Assistant, PhD Candidate, Middle East Technical University, Department of Architecture, Graduate Program in Conservation of Cultural Heritage
  3. [3] Dr., Catania University, Department of Business and Economics
  4. [4] Erasmus University Rotterdam, Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, Arts and Culture Studies

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• Localización: Intangibility Matters: IPERION CH International Conference on the values of tangible heritage: IMaTTe 2017 / coord. por Marluci Menezes, Dória Rodrigues Costa, Jose Delgado Rodrigues, 2017, ISBN 9789724922959, págs. 241-252
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  • The interpretation of cultural heritage is often influenced by politics and ideology. Depending on prevailing ideology, ways of intervening on cultural heritage places can change. Today, in Turkey heritage places are subject to interventions through urban transformation projects. These interventions may lead to changes, even destructions of socio-cultural values due to the emphasis on political, economic, ideological and religious motivations of decision makers.

    “Haci Bayram District” in Ankara is representative case that demonstrates the impact of politics and ideology on the changing values of heritage places.

    The district has unique values due to the co-existence of the Haci Bayram Mosque and the Augustus Temple. “Haci Bayram Square Urban Design Project” was implemented in 2012 and values of heritage site were drastically transformed. The aim of this paper is to discuss transformation and possible misrepresentation of existing values in urban design project and changes in values following the implementation of projects.