Özet:

Until recent decades, restoration work in archaeological sites adhered to the principle of anastylosis, as set out in Article 15 of the Venice Charter the reassembling of existing but dismembered parts can be permitted; and the a priori should be abandoned in advance of the reconstruction processes proposed in the same article. However, the fact that the restoration works discussed in this way do not create an image of the entire structure in the imagination of the visitor due to the lack of existing parts, and the inability to experience the historical space has led these areas to become places of attraction for professionals. However, conservation requires substantial financial resource. Despite the increase in the number of archeological sites, the decline in financial resources allocated for this work by governments has directly affected the concept of conservation in many positive and negative ways over time, under the high pressure it has created. Since the destiny of the excavation sites began to be determined by the number of visitors produced by the cultural area management, reconstruction activities had begun to take place. The increase of tourism activity all over the world every year, had generated the income earned from the tourism sector, and that’s provided a budget for maintenance and excavation budget for cultural heritage. In our country, which has the richest archaeological sites and ruins of the world, tourism puts considerable pressure on conservation issue. Hence, we had singular cases of reconstruction activities in Turkey. The purpose of this study is to compare such local practices of reconstruction in archaeological sites with international ones and to discuss them within the framework of international charters.

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