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A report prepared by inspectors from UNESCO that is being debated currently by the body’s world cultural heritage committee states the government’s policies are putting Istanbul’s rich heritage at risk and the city is in danger of being removed from the list of heritage sites.

Istanbul heritage at risk, says report a report has been submitted to UNESCO’s world cultural heritage committee that puts Istanbul in a very bad light when it comes to preserving its heritage and threatens the city’s status as a world heritage site.