Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Prague – Heritages Past and Present - Built and Social, Praha, Çek Cumhuriyeti, 28 - 30 Haziran 2023, ss.379-390
This study examines the “Cürek Mining Settlement” designed for the iron ore pit workers in Sivas-Divriği, which was one of the 20th-century worker settlements in Turkey. Settlement, demonstrates the iron ore pit workers who were the previous users of this settlement showed a sensitivity to protecting this place from destruction, which is an exceptional behavior in Turkey. Instead, the local community living in the village near this site wanted the settlements to be destroyed since they thought it damaged their living environment. In brief, central and local government and the titleholder, who can be defined as the actors of the process, and the stakeholders, including the previous users and local community, had different views regarding the future of the site. This paper seeks an answer regarding how to carry this heritage into the future without disregarding these opposite perspectives about the conservation of the Settlement. Within this context, the first part of the paper presents the strengths and weaknesses of the authorized heritage discourse and legal regulations in Turkey for the conservation of the industrial heritage site. The second part defines all actors and stakeholders in the process of conserving the Cürek and analyzes their views regarding the industrial heritage site within the framework of critical heritage studies and a human-based preservation perspective. Finally, discussions are presented regarding how the evaluation and analysis results could be transferred more comprehensively into the implementation processes. In conclusion, this paper specifies an analyses approach regarding understanding and evaluating the completely different perspectives of all actors and stakeholders within the conservation process.