Thousands of cultural assets survived during hundreds of years in the city of Istanbul as part of our identity and our past were recently disappeared or demolished by various reasons. Directorate for Environmental Protection of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality now undertakes the studies for regenerating this architectural heritage.These historical values could be sometimes a fountain, a primary school, a mosque, a madrasa or a wooden dwelling. Each recovered building constitutes a kind of landmark for the inhabitants of this city who in search of their soul and identity.From this perspective, one could understand the importance of the reconstitution of Mihrişah Valide Sultan’s Masjid for the city, towards the cultural identity and social appropriation and we hope this will make a great contribution for increasing the public awareness on this fact.IMM gave support to the whole study and we present our project under the auspices of the Mayor, Mr. Kadir Topbaş and the staff of the Municipality to the city
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Journal Section | Article |
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Publication Date | December 1, 2014 |
Published in Issue | Year 2014 Issue: 12 |