The SARAT Project
“SARAT” stands for “Safeguarding Archaeological Assets of Turkey”, a project whose goal is to increase knowledge, capacity, and awareness about protecting Turkey’s archaeological assets.
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Objectives
SARAT is a project whose goal is to contribute to the safeguarding of Turkey’s archaeological assets through people-oriented approaches that enhance capacity and awareness.
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What we do
In order to fulfil the goals that it plans to achieve in the course of the next three years, SARAT will be engaging in a variety of inter-related and mutually-supporting programmes in different areas.
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Licensed treasure-hunting in Turkey: Where? How? Why?
Treasure-related narratives may provide entertaining plots for thriller-mysteries, dynastic melodramas, the fact is that real-world treasure-hunting poses serious problems for those involved in the preservation of cultural and historical heritage.
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File: Threats to cultural properties
Occurrences like earthquakes, floods, and fires have left an indelible impact not just on human lives but on human history as well.
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Invitation for Proposals for SARAT Project
SARAT is inviting proposals for consultancy on community outreach and public engagement in archaeology from UK-based experts.
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A closeup look at archaeology reporting: Journalists and archaeologists come together
In the run-up to the archaeology reporting workshops that it will be starting soon, the SARAT Project brought journalists and archaeologists together to talk about how the media deal with archaeology-related issues.
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Wrecked trucks and ancient ruins in rural Turkey
It was only after I heard about it in an interview that I realised it was there. A wrecked red truck, abandoned in the cemetery of the village, rusting away on the edge of life, not holding out much hope.
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