Istanbul Gelisim University Sustainable Cities and Communities: 2018: Annual Report

Abstract

CONTRIBUTION TO LOCAL ARTS, PROTECTING CULTURAL HERITAGE AND TRADITIONS Cultural heritage is the preservation of beliefs, values, traditions and accumulated knowledge from past to present within the ever-changing living standards, and trying to maintain them as concrete and abstract beings and transfer them to other generations. But in order to perceive and protect the world from the past to the future with all its abstract and concrete essences, the necessity of assimilating national and cultural values and the importance of protecting them by prioritizing are evident. It is one of the primary tasks of higher education institutions to lead their societies in this direction and to be able to transfer this sensitivity to the new generations it is educated is seen as the first condition of contributing to universal values. It is very important to keep the memory of civilizations fresh so that the new generations can perceive the world with their own values and look from their own cultural windows. Therefore, this will be guided to a certain extent by the institutions and traditions of the institutions of higher education which are raising the generations of the future.