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CUESTIONES POLÍTICAS 
Vol. 39 Nº 69 (Julio - Diciembre 2021): 666-677
•  Culture
In a comprehensive denition, culture is a collection of human creations 
and ideas created by man and his separation from nature and the means 
of his superiority over other creatures. Thus, culture includes all material 
tools and what is made by man from natural matter, Methods and processes 
of their construction (material culture) All values, views and beliefs, 
ideas, knowledge, techniques, religion, customs and traditions, science, 
philosophy, literature, art and all the mental products of man (spiritual 
culture). In other words, culture includes the material and spiritual 
elements of social life in which human beings are born and raised in this 
way, something called cultural identity is given to the individual or human 
group; This identity provides the means of distinguishing man from other 
races and tribes. (Ünver, 2016). 
Historical and cultural property is a mirror of a nation’s past. These works, 
especially the works of distant eras that lacked the traditional means of transmitting 
culture and message, such as books and calligraphy, are considered to be the 
revealing document of the life of that time. “And perhaps a seemingly worthless 
broken pottery, or a dying inscription, ignites a corner of the social behavior or 
science and civilization of its predecessors (Schmallegger and Carson, 2010: 59).
Human societies today are faced with the term cultural security; the 
protection of individual culture and society from any attack and threat is 
called cultural security. In other words, cultural security includes creating 
a safe, calm, and free from any threat that human beings have prepared 
to religion and thoughts, ethics, customs, beliefs and values, cultural 
heritage, literary works, and so on. Due to the role and position of culture 
in human identity and existence and the development of human societies, 
and also because of the widespread and eective inuence of culture on all 
aspects of human life, both individual and collective, material and spiritual, 
spiritual and physical, as well as the impact that cultural issues have on 
other sectors providing cultural security is more sensitive. Accordingly, 
cultural promotion increases social security and, consequently, economic 
and political security, Therefore, the rst step in ensuring the security of 
individuals  is  to  ensure  cultural  and  psychological  security  (Hawkins  & 
Mann. 2007).
2. Cultural heritage in domestic and international law
At  rst  glance,  cultural  heritage  means  all  the  works  that  have  been 
passed  down  from  generation  to  generation.  In  this  denition,  cultural 
heritage refers to the material works leftover from the past, and in fact, 
includes only tangible and objective works.  In addition, it is limited to 
historical monuments, while we also have an intangible part, such as beliefs, 
traditions, local languages and dialects, and religious traditions and rituals.