- Local Governments’ Role in Conservation and Evaluation of cultural and historical Values: Beypazarı case    777 kb by    Sat, Aydan & Gürer, Nilüfer & Gürel Üçer, Aslý | bnecibe@gazi.edu.tr    Short Outline The aim of this paper is to introduce a successful municipality case, in the scope of rediscovering local identities by protecting historical and cultural values and to constitute a sample model for other municipalities. Abstract Globalization process affects the form and function of cities in various ways and creates a very competitive environment among them in order to integrate to the global network. The spatial, social and economic inequalities among cities have stimulated local actors to rediscover local identities and to react by formulating economic and marketing strategies to enhance the competitiveness of the locality in the national and global system. In this context, local actors i.e. institutions, organizations and municipalities are responsible to rediscover and protect local values. In Turkey, which has a lot of historical, cultural and natural values, conservation of historical and cultural values has been determined as one of the optional duties of Turkish municipalities by Municipal Law No.5393. However Turkish municipalities encounter some difficulties and could not be able to fulfill even their obligatory duties. On the other hand there are some success stories, such as Beypazarı Municipality. In a short time, the municipality realized successful implementations about conservation of local historical and cultural values. The aim of this paper is to introduce a successful municipality case, in the scope of rediscovering local identities by protecting historical and cultural values and to constitute a sample model for other municipalities. For this aim, in the first section, conservation of cultural and historical values in Turkey from institutional perspectives will be evaluated briefly. Legal and institutional arrangements emphasizing the role and responsibilities of local municipalities related to this subject will be analyzed. In the second section, Beypazarı case will be evaluated by determining the local potentials as well as the projects and implementations. At the end of the paper, leading from this success case, possible strategies toward implementation will be developed for municipalities which have similar values. Keywords local values, conservation, municipality, Beypazarı Case Study presented on the ISOCARP Congress 2006: Cities between Integration and Disintegration   Click to open the full paper as pdf document   Click to send an email to the author(s) of this paper