ISTANBUL – Anatolia News Agency<\/p>\n
The cultural valuables of Istanbul are now accessible thanks to a website project. The first of its type in Turkey, the website presents 200 years of history. ‘From now on, everyone will be able to reach all kinds of information about Istanbul in a virtual environment. They can develop projects on Istanbul and reveal the city\u2019s culture, cultural industry and tourism policies,’ said Istanbul Culture and Tourism Director Ahmet Emre Bilgili<\/p>\n
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A project named \u201cIstanbul\u2019s Cultural Heritage and Culture Economy Inventory,\u201d which aims to gather Istanbul\u2019s cultural values under the same roof and present the data for general use in a virtual environment, has been finished. The website www.istanbulkulturenvanteri.gov.tr began to operate Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n
At a press conference held Tuesday at Richmond Hotel, Istanbul Culture and Tourism Director Ahmet Emre Bilgili said the project was implemented in collaboration with the Culture and Tourism Ministry, the Turkish Academy of Sciences, or TUBA, and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality with support from the French Institute of Anatolian Studies and the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom now on, everyone will be able to reach all kinds of information about Istanbul in a virtual environment. They can develop projects on Istanbul and reveal the city\u2019s culture, cultural industry and tourism policies. This website was one of the biggest deficits of the city,\u201d Bilgili said.<\/p>\n
Bilgili said the application was a first in Turkey and very important in the world. \u201cWithin the scope of the project, it has been collaborated with 200 institutes and worked with the world\u2019s best experts. This work will be a model for other Turkish cities. If every city takes its own inventory like we did, Turkey\u2019s cultural heritage and industrial inventory will be revealed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Bilgili said the inventory would be continuously developed and updated and the real owner of the project would be the Istanbul Governor\u2019s Office and the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. \u201cThe website\u2019s language is only Turkish at the moment, but it will be translated into different languages. Also, 17 books have been prepared for the project and three of them have been published by the Istanbul Bilgi University.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dedicated to mankind and the Turkish nation<\/p>\n
TUBA President Y\u00fccel Kanpolat highlighted the significance of the project, saying that it revealed what Istanbul has and what it doesn\u2019t. He said the project was nonprofit and was dedicated to mankind and the Turkish nation, adding that they would ready to share the project with other countries.<\/p>\n
The project\u2019s coordinator Hakan Tanr\u0131\u00f6ver said the project was completed in 15 months by a 48-person team. \u201cIstanbulkulturenvanteri.gov.tr has 150,000 webpages and 60,000 photos. The data is gathered under six main titles including \u2018rural architecture,\u2019 \u2018archaeology,\u2019 \u2018public culture,\u2019 \u2018culture economy,\u2019 \u2018maps\u2019 and \u2018Istanbul bibliography.\u2019<\/p>\n
Tanr\u0131\u00f6ver said people could follow 200 years of change of the same place since 1776 and all maps were included in the website. \u201cAll of Istanbul\u2019s cultural and traditional values have been documented. This is an extraordinary resource for Istanbul lovers and researchers. Also, the records of all books, doctorate and master theses on Istanbul are available on the website, which includes 27,690 structures.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sea walls documented for the first time<\/p>\n
Tanr\u0131\u00f6ver said Istanbul\u2019s sea walls were also documented in the inventory for the first time, and they informed the municipality\u2019s relevant department about bad structures around the sea walls.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe total budget of the project was 1.5 million Turkish liras. One million liras was provided by the Istanbul 2010 Agency and the rest by TUBA and the Culture and Tourism Ministry,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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