5366 Law on Renovating, Conserving and Actively Using Historical Assets

The Law on Renovating, Conserving and Actively Using Dilapidated Historical and Cultural Immovable Assets has been published in the Official Gazette in Turkey on 5 July 2005. The purpose of the renovating law is to ensure that metropolitan municipalities, district and first-tier municipalities within boundaries of metropolitan municipalities, provincial municipalities and district municipalities, and municipalities with populations above 50.000, and special provincial administrations for the areas outside the purview of such municipalities, reconstruct and restore, in a manner consistent with area development, the areas registered and announced as protected areas by the cultural and natural heritage
conservation boards and protection zones of such areas which have been dilapidated and are about to lose their characteristics, create zones of housing, business, culture, tourism and social facilities in such areas, take measures against risks of natural disasters, renovate, conserve and actively use historical and cultural immovable assets.