UNESCO dünya mirası tanımlamasında mimari kriterler: Türkiye'de seçilmiş yerlerin karşılaştırmalı bir incelenmesi

World Heritage Sites represent the natural, cultural and/or historical background of a specific country or region. Since the announcements of the including of the tangible world heritages (e.g. Buildings) to the World Cultural and Natural Heritage list in 1972, All governments and associations rushed to inscribe their tangible heritages for several reasons. Many selected sites with distinguished vernacular architecture were added to the list; however, the architecture was never the main aspect for the selection. In this thesis, the aim is to examine the impact of architectural features and construction techniques on the selection of three World Heritage Sites located in Türkiye. This will be achieved by assessing whether the settlement pattern, building envelope and structural elements of each site fulfil UNESCO criteria led to their designation as a World Heritage Site. To conduct this study, a comparative methodology was used, relying on data collected from literature. This study confirms that the architectural features and construction techniques fulfilled at least one out of the ten UNESCO's selectıon criteria. However, we conclude that architecture alone was never sufficient for inscription as UNESCO World Heritage Site; rather, multiple aspects must simultaneously fulfil UNESCO's selection criteria.