Title: The Foundation for the Conservation of Turkey's Monuments, Environment and Tourism Assets (TAÇ)

URL: http://www.tacvakfi.org.tr/tr

Description: The Foundation for the Conservation of Turkey's Monuments, Environment and Tourism Assets (TAÇ) was founded in İstanbul on April 19, 1976. TAÇ Foundation’s purpose is to conserve the artistic and cultural assets and architectural heritage and natural, historical, cultural, aesthetic and touristic wealth of both Turkey and the Anatolian Civilization as well as any kind of related documentation; to ensure the continuity of such values as a cultural web connecting the past to the future and to establish the organizational structure required to achieve this; to coordinate the ideas and efforts of concerned persons and institutions; to carry out the necessary documentation and inventory work; to prepare or commission studies and projects; to undertake or encourage others to engage in the required efforts; to attempt to encourage new practices through sampling; to provide the structures or sites to be conserved with a healthy life by utilizing them as part of the tourism function to the extent that their condition allows; to handle all culturally significant structures and sites that must be conserved within the framework of a master work program; engage in public awareness and educational efforts as well as any kind of publication to facilitate these fit-for- purpose activities; help maintain well-trained personnel; to determine the method of the efforts to be undertaken to achieve all these goals; and to implement or encourage the implementation of all such methods.

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Subject:   Environmental Protection,  Ecotourism