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Concept Of Cultural Heritage

Culture; is defined as the whole of material and spiritual values created in the process of historical and social development and the means showing the measures of the sovereignty over the natural and social environment of man, which is used to create and transmit those values to the next generation (Turkish Language Society, n.d.). According to another definition, culture is the way of life and thought that constitutes its identity with its own art, beliefs, customs, understanding, and behaviors that make a society different from other societies and continue to change in time. It is the whole of the material and spiritual values that give society a sense of solidarity, and unity, that maintain order in it and make society develop an identity (Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism, n.d.). Cultural heritage, on the other hand, can be described as all of the documents that reflect the characteristics of a society and the past of a society. Cultural heritage is divided into two as tangible cultural heritage and intangible cultural heritage. Tangible cultural heritage involves tangible artefacts such as archaeological excavations, ancient cities and museums, while intangible cultural heritage involves food culture, traditions, dance, music and so on.