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Instructors will, in return, give the same training to uncontrolled development only with protection pro-
their students at no cost. In relation to this program, grams. The World Underwater Sports Federation
a website www.underwaterculturalheritage.com was (CMAS), of which TSSF is affiliated, has an Under-
prepared, and all kinds of presentations, books in pdf water Cultural Heritage Committee. In this context,
format and details are presented to students and edu- protection of the underwater cultural values was put
cators. Students’ exams are not conducted by the in- on the agenda by CMAS. At the CMAS Science
structors, but online through this site. By the end of Board Meeting held in Kemer on May 15-18, 2019,
2019, all CMAS two- and three-stars diver candidates it was unanimously agreed to propose implementa-
in Turkey are expected to receive this compulsory tion of this training program by all CMAS member
training program. countries. In the first phase, a few modifications will
UNESCO AND CMAS be made in the current book, and with the addition of
Any touch on an artifact, no matter how innocent, new authors, the book and the program will be final-
can destroy it or any archaeological information asso- ized in an universal content. The book, scheduled to
ciated with it. And whoever touched it might not even be finished by the end of 2019, will initially be trans-
know about this extinction. As contact between divers lated into UNESCO official languages: English, Ger-
and underwater cultural heritage increases, so is the man, French, Spanish, Arabic and Russian.
likelihood of any damage. Archaeological values are The first information about the program was pre-
not renewable. It is impossible to recreate any cultur- sented at the UNESCO and ICOMOS meetings in
al heritage object that has been destroyed. Therefore, Paris in May 2018 and attracted great attention. One
it is appropriate that divers focus on the preservation of the prefaces was written by Dr. Ulrike Guerin, Se-
of the artifacts they may encounter underwater, but nior Expert on UNESCO’s 2001 Convention on the
not on archaeological dives that may pose a poten- Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage. The im-
tial risk. However, training programs at various sites plementation of the program was presented both at the
around the world, unfortunately, do not praise protec- UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on May 9, 2019 and
tion, but curiosity by encouraging dives on the wrecks at the UNESCO Underwater Cultural Heritage meet-
and archaeological objects. Diving on archaeological ing held in Kazakhstan-Almaty on May 22, 2019. All
ruins is a trending topic all over the world. phases of the program continue to be presented as a
“Sunken detectives” and similar programs imple- source of pride for Turkey having a “best practice”
mented by two world-renowned diving institutions form all over the world. Turkey is the first country in
pose a risk to cultural heritage, which has been pro- the world to provide education and background to all
tected without human involvement for thousands of divers for protection of the underwater cultural heri-
years. It will be possible to prevent this irreversible tage.

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