{"id":8047,"date":"2016-08-26T09:45:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T07:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alanbaskanligi.bursa.bel.tr\/en\/?p=8047"},"modified":"2016-09-06T12:51:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T10:51:03","slug":"unesco-visits-bursa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanbaskanligi.bursa.bel.tr\/en\/unesco-visits-bursa-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO VISITS BURSA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mr. Recep ALTEPE; Mayor of Bursa Metropolitan Municipality hosted 23 country delegates, including 10 ambassadors, who came to our country for UNESCO World Heritage Committee Meeting 40th<\/sup> Session in \u0130stanbul.<\/em><\/p>\n

Mr. H\u00fcseyin Avni BOTSALI, Permanent Delegate of Turkey at UNESCO,\u00a0 and permanent ambassadors of other UNESCO World Heritage Committee countries coming from Panama, Holy See (Vatican), Vietnam, Uganda, Lebanon, Serbia, Myanmar, Mexico and Azerbaijan, and directors from\u00a0 UNESCO Headquarter, specialist from various levels in related NGOs or countries delegations visited Mayor Altepe in Historical Town Hall in Heykel.\u00a0 Peru, Korea, Greece, Pakistan, Oman, Antigua&Barbuda, Namibia, Eritrea Argentina, Bulgaria, Cuba, Ethiopia, Botswana representatives were also among the group. Visitors, wondering about Bursa since it was inscribed on World Heritage List in 2014, admired Bursa and congratulated Mayor ALTEPE on his valuable works for the city.
\nMayor Mr. Recep ALTEPE said “Bursa is a universal value. Bursa is a different city, a historical capital.\u00a0 Bursa, coming after Istanbul in respect of cultural richness, has always been an important trade center for centuries, since it is located on Silk and Spice Roads. And today, Bursa is a leading country with its trade, industry, cultural and touristic values. We want to convey this historical background to next generations in the best way possible.\u00a0 Bursa is becoming ‘a living historical city’ and an important ‘museum city’ with its historical buildings having functions thanks to restorations projects.”<\/p>\n

Mayor Mr. Recep ALTEPE also said that after inscribing Bursa on UNESCO World Heritage List, works for inscribing \u0130znik on UNESCO World Heritage List have been accelerated.<\/p>\n

“Works for both tangible and intangible cultural heritage of Bursa are also performed by Metropolitan Municipality” said Mr. Recep ALTEPE. Mr. Altepe also reminded that, Municipality printed more than 300 books about city culture, and Bursa gives consultancy for 53 different city museums in Turkey. At the end, Mr. Altepe answered UNESCO delegates’ questions.
\nVarious delegates among UNESCO delegation implied that they really like Bursa with its historical and cultural richness and they felt themselves at home.<\/p>\n

Visitors were accompanied by Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Deputy Mayor Mr. Abdulkadir KARLIK during Bursa excursion and delegation was guided by Prof. Dr. Neslihan DOSTO\u011eLU and investigated city’s world heritage sites. They visited Muradiye Kulliye, Khans Area, Ye\u015fil Kulliye and Cumal\u0131k\u0131z\u0131k, all of which are some of the most important values inscribed on World Heritage List. They also visited Bursa Karag\u00f6z Museum, where Karag\u00f6z and Hacivat (in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List) shadow plays are performed, Uluumay Ottoman Folk Clothes and Ornaments Museum, Irgand\u0131 Bridge and Old Spa. Cumal\u0131k\u0131z\u0131k Patrimonitos, composition of the students from Cumal\u0131k\u0131z\u0131k Primary and Secondary Schools, gave information about Cumal\u0131k\u0131z\u0131k. Visitors said that they were very impressed with awareness-raising practices about cultural heritage carried after inscription of Bursa on World Heritage List, and they would model Bursa’s work for their site managements.<\/p>\n

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