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Property: Historic Areas of Istanbulclose
Historic Areas of Istanbul (2024)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.4
Threats*: Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Low impact research / monitoring activities Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Decay and loss of Ottoman/vernacular architecture; Impact of change of status of the Hagia Sophia and the Chora Museum
Historic Areas of Istanbul (2023)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Low impact research / monitoring activities Management systems/ management plan Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses Underground transport infrastructure
Other Threats: decay and loss of Ottoman/vernacular architecture
Historic Areas of Istanbul (2021)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Threats*: Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure
Other Threats: decay and loss of Ottoman/vernacular architecture
Historic Areas of Istanbul (2018)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure
Other Threats: decay and loss of Ottoman/vernacular architecture
Historic Areas of Istanbul (2017)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Continued degradation of the vernacular architecture within the protected zones (particularly Ottoman-period timber houses in the Zeyrek and Süleymaniye core areas); Land Reclamation project
Historic Areas of Istanbul (2015)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2015
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Continued degradation of the vernacular architecture within the protected zones (particularly Ottoman-period timber houses in the Zeyrek and Süleymaniye core areas); Land Reclamation project
Historic Areas of Istanbul (2013)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Continued degradation of the vernacular architecture within the protected zones (particularly Ottoman-period timber houses in the Zeyrek and Süleymaniye core areas); Land Reclamation project
Historic Areas of Istanbul (2012)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Continued degradation of the vernacular architecture within the protected zones (particularly Ottoman-period timber houses in the Zeyrek and Süleymaniye core areas)
Historic Areas of Istanbul (2011)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2011
Document Source: WHC-11/35.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure
Other Threats: a) Continued degradation of the vernacular architecture within the protected zones (particularly Ottoman-period timber houses in the Zeyrek and Süleymaniye core areas);
Historic Areas of Istanbul (2010)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2010
Document Source: WHC-10/34.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure
Other Threats: a) Continued degradation of the vernacular architecture within the protected zones (particularly Ottoman-period timber houses in the Zeyrek and Süleymaniye core areas);
Historic Areas of Istanbul (2009)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Continued degradation of the vernacular architecture within the protected zones (particularly Ottoman-period timber houses in the Zeyrek and Süleymaniye core areaslack of impact studies before large-scale developments are implemented
Historic Areas of Istanbul (2008)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add2
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Continued degradation of the vernacular architecture within the protected zones (particularly Ottoman-period timber houses in the Zeyrek and Süleymaniye core areas);
Historic Areas of Istanbul (2007)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Continued degradation of the vernacular architecture within the protected areas (mainly the Ottoman period timber houses in the district of Zeyrek and Süleymaniye)
Historic Areas of Istanbul (2006)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2006
Document Source: WHC-06/30.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Continued degradation of the vernacular architecture within the protected areas (mainly the Ottoman period timber houses in the district of Zeyrek and Süleymaniye)
Historic Areas of Istanbul (2005)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Continued degradation of the civil architecture within the protected areas
Historic Areas of Istanbul (2004)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Earthquake Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage
Other Threats: Continued degradation of the civil architecture
Historic Areas of Istanbul (2003)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Earthquake Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management activities Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Need to monitor movements which could affect the structure of the building
Historic Areas of Istanbul (2000)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2000
Document Source: WHC-2000/CONF.204/10
Threats*: Earthquake Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management activities Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Need to monitor movements which could affect the structure of the building
Historic Areas of Istanbul (1999)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Earthquake Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need to monitor movements which could affect the structure of the building
Historic Areas of Istanbul (1998)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need to monitor movements which could affect the structure of the building
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Management systems/ management plan 24 Management activities 19 Ground transport infrastructure 15 Housing 13 Underground transport infrastructure 12 Commercial development 4 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 4 Earthquake 4 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 2 Low impact research / monitoring activities 2 Interpretative and visitation facilities 1 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Legal framework 1

* : The threats indicated are listed in alphabetical order; their order does not constitute a classification according to the importance of their impact on the property.
Furthermore, they are presented irrespective of the type of threat faced by the property, i.e. with specific and proven imminent danger (“ascertained danger”) or with threats which could have deleterious effects on the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (“potential danger”).

** : All mission reports are not always available electronically.