UNDERSTANDING, INTERPRETING AND PRESENTING HERITAGE SITES THAT LACK INTEGRITY: THE CASE OF THE OLD ARIFIYE VILLAGE INSTITUTE CAMPUS/BUTUNLUGUNU KAYBETMIS MIRAS ALANLARINI ANLAMAK, YORUMLAMAK VE SUNMAK: ESKI ARIFIYE KOY ENSTITUSU YERLESKESI ORNEGI

One of UNESCO's evaluation criteria for cultural and natural World Heritage Sites is the concept of integrity, which measures the completeness of a natural or cultural heritage site's tangible architectural, urban, and environmental qualities. On the other hand, cultural significance is not only embodied in the tangible aspects of heritage but also inherent in the intangible aspects like associations, meetings, memory, and records. Considering that numerous sites that do have significant heritage values do not meet this integrity criterion, this paper argues that heritage sites that lack "integrity" can partially regain and revive their heritage values through an integrated evaluation and on-site presentation of their tangible and intangible cultural qualities. Similarly, the restoration of integrity by the in situ presentation techniques can promote the appreciation of the site's architectural, cultural and historical values. Through an integrated methodology, this study analyzes the tangible and intangible cultural qualities of the Arifiye Old Village Institute campus, a heritage site that lacks integrity. Additionally, this paper discusses the role of digital technologies in the interpretation and presentation of the values of this campus. Village Institute campuses were situated in twenty-one different locations in Turkey; they were created to carry out modernization efforts and facilitate the construction of modern Turkish identity in the rural areas of the new Turkish Republic. The architectural projects of fifteen of the twenty-one Village Institute campuses, including the Arifiye Village Institute, were obtained through national architectural competitions. The architectural program included ateliers, classrooms, administrative buildings, service buildings, dining halls, dormitories, sports halls and open-air sports areas, and, in some cases, music schools and facilities for fishing. The Arifiye Village Institute was founded in Kocaeli in 1940. The educational and spatial history of the Arifiye Village Institute began with building of the Arifiye instructor course buildings in 1937. In 1940, the architect Recai Akcay was awarded first prize in the national architectural competition for his design of the Arifiye Village Institute. The construction of the buildings was considered part of the training education, and students built many of the buildings at Arifiye, including those in the instructor course area, the competition project area, and at other