[sustran] Re: Fwd: [UTSG] Call for action: Istanbul is beingdismissed from the World Heritage List!

[Lee Schipper]

Thanks  Paul for the tip. Having spent weeks working with Sibel and EMBARQ there I think it would be a tragedy to see authorities throw in the towel for more car space! I do know that the Metro plans were shelved for a part of the historic city (west of the Golden Horn) where rumbling of trains would have endangered buildings.

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From: sustran-discuss-bounces+schipper=wri.org at list.jca.apc.org [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+schipper=wri.org at list.jca.apc.org] On Behalf Of Cornie Huizenga
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 8:10 PM
To: Paul Barter
Cc: Sibel Bulay; sustran-discuss
Subject: [sustran] Re: Fwd: [UTSG] Call for action: Istanbul is beingdismissed from the World Heritage List!

Hi Sybel,

Can you give some additional information on this?

Cornie

On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Paul Barter <peebeebarter at gmail.com> wrote:

> Transport projects appear to be threatening historic central Istanbul 
> and its World Heritage Site status, if the email below is accurate. 
> Does anyone know more?
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Eda Beyazit <ebeyazit at gmail.com>
> Date: 7 July 2010 18:41
> Subject: [UTSG] Call for action: Istanbul is being dismissed from the 
> World Heritage List!
> To: UTSG at jiscmail.ac.uk
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> This is an urgent call for acting against the removal of Istanbul from 
> the UNESCO "World Heritage List".
> UNESCO proposes the suspension of the Halic (Golden Horn) Metro Bridge 
> and the Road Tunnel (not the Marmaray which is a rail tunnel) 
> construction as important conditions for securing the city's position 
> in the World Heritage List.
> These projects will cause an increased use of motor vehicles in the 
> Historical Peninsula and are against the suggestions of the Transport 
> Master Plan.
> The decisions made by local and central authorities are not only 
> against national and international law, but they are also not 
> legitimate as they are not accepted/approved by the public!
> Please go to http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/istanbul-sos.html to 
> support this cause.
> More information is available on http://istanbulsos.wordpress.com/
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Eda
>
> -------------------------------
> Istanbul, which is listed as one of the 890 World Heritage Sites for 
> its outstanding universal values and has been awarded as the 2010 
> European Capital of Culture, is now under the threat of being 
> completely removed from the World Heritage List.
>
> The World Heritage Committee will come to a decision about Istanbul's 
> situation at their annual meeting on 25 July-3 August 2010 and unless 
> good progress is achieved on the issues below, which have been on the 
> agenda since 2003 and repeated on June 2010 Draft Decision of World 
> Heritage Committee, UNESCO will first change Istanbul's situation to 
> the "World Heritage in Danger" and will dismiss the city from the 
> World Heritage List in 2011.
>
> The conditions are:
> 1. Abandon the Halic (Golden Horn) Metro Bridge project, 2. Stop the 
> implementations of Regeneration Law 5366, 3. Share information about 
> the restoration projects of the Historic City walls, 4. Abandon the 
> tunnel project which would let 75.000 vehicles into the Historic 
> Peninsula everyday, 5. Save the wooden houses, 6. Complete the Site 
> Management Plan for the protection of the Historic Peninsula.
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