Turkey Ministry Of Culture And Tourism

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Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism carries out its duties to “preserve and promote Turkey’s universal cultural, artistic and tourism values by ensuring their sustainable protection, to facilitate access to information in raising public awareness and to increase Turkey’s share of world tourism”.

It acts with the aim of “becoming a strong, respected and indispensable institution that successfully manages national and international sustainable conservation efforts of cultural heritage with outstanding universal values and ranks among the world leaders in the field of tourism”. In this article, we will examine this important and valuable ministry of Turkey for you.

Establishment and History of the Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism

The museum activities carried out through “Tedrisati Aliye” were started to be carried out by the directorate organized under the name of “Asar-ı Atika ve Müzeler” in 1922.
In 1933, with the “Law on the Duties of the Central and Provincial Organization of the Ministry of Education”, the organization was incorporated into the Ministry of Education as the “Directorate of Antiquities and Museums”.
In 1946, it was established as the “General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums” in accordance with the law on the establishment of the Ministry of National Education.
In 1977, the Ministry of Culture was abolished and the Ministry of National Education and Culture was established. The General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums was also left under this Ministry. In the same year, the Ministry of National Education and Culture was abolished and the Ministry of Culture was re-established.
In 1982, the Ministry of Culture was abolished and merged with the Ministry of Tourism and Promotion and renamed as the “Ministry of Culture and Tourism”. The General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums was also left under this Ministry of Culture.
Executive Decree 364 renamed the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums as the Presidency for the Protection of Cultural and Natural Assets.
While the said Directorate was functioning under the Ministry of Culture as the Directorate for the Protection of Cultural and Natural Assets, it was separated into two separate General Directorates as the General Directorate for the Protection of Cultural and Natural Assets and the General Directorate for Monuments and Museums by the Decree Law No. 379 dated 06.11.1989.
With the Law No. 4848 enacted on 29 April 2003, the Ministries of Culture and Tourism were merged and the name of our General Directorate was changed to “General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums”.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism was established by the Presidential Decree No. 1 on the Organization of the Presidency dated 10.07.2018.

Duties of the Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism

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To research, develop, protect, preserve, maintain, evaluate, disseminate, promote, promote and adopt national, spiritual, historical, cultural and touristic values and thus contribute to the strengthening of national unity and economic development,
To direct public institutions and organizations related to culture and tourism, to cooperate with these institutions, to develop communication and cooperate with local administrations, non-governmental organizations and the private sector; to provide cash aid for projects to be carried out by associations and foundations and private theatres whose main purpose is culture, arts, tourism and promotion activities, except for associations established by local administrations, public institutions and organizations or to support public personnel and foundations established for the same purposes in accordance with the Turkish Civil Code dated 22/11/2001 and numbered 4721,
Protecting historical and cultural assets,
To evaluate, develop and market all the opportunities of the country suitable for tourism in order to make tourism a productive sector of the national economy,
To direct all kinds of investment, communication and development potential in the fields of culture and tourism,
Procuring immovable properties related to culture and tourism investments, expropriating them when necessary, making and having made their surveys, projects and constructions,
To carry out activities to promote Turkey’s touristic assets in every field and to carry out promotion services related to culture and tourism by making use of all means and means,
To perform other duties assigned by laws or Presidential decrees.