Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Modular Journal, cilt.8, sa.1, ss.100-122, 2025 (Hakemli Dergi)
As the number of assets on the World Heritage List (WHL) increases, countries are moving towards submitting stronger nominations. Transboundary cultural assets are structures that have extensions in more than one country, and as of 2024 there are only 49 examples worldwide. Although Türkiye has a high potential in this field, it has not yet been able to enter the list with such an asset. In this direction, the religious buildings of the Kingdom of Tao-Klarjeti, which have a common value of Turkish and Georgian culture and Christian faith, are proposed to WHL in the category of transboundary property. With this study, it is aimed to strengthen the intercultural connection and to investigate the historical, cultural and religious structure of the region and to guide the preparation of an area management plan by examining the current situation. Context analysis and case study analysis were used as the two main methodological approaches; field studies were conducted based on basic guidelines in the Oşki Monastery sample and action plans were prepared. It has been concluded that Tao-Klarjeti monasteries have the potential to enter the WHL with the cross-border candidacy proposal, thus ensuring the sustainable protection and recognition of cultural assets in a holistic manner.