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How to Read Iznik on the UNESCO Tentative List?
August 5, 20261 min readIznik Expedition Team
The walls, city plan, council heritage, early Ottoman buildings and tile production landscape that stand out in the UNESCO Tentative List.
Iznik's entry into the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List includes the city not through a single monument; It deals with the cultural landscape created by the city walls, grid plan, councils in Christian history, early Ottoman works and tile production.
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Universal Outstanding Value
Provisional listing does not imply final World Heritage status. A management approach that preserves the different periods of the city together, archaeological research and a visit plan balanced with local life are the main issues of this process.
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