01310nas a2200157   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653003300043653004500076653003300121653001800154100001600172245011200188856003200300520082000332                                       d10aCultural identity (THE\_382)10aLists of the 2003 Convention (ICH\_1331)10aMisappropriation (ICH\_1132)10aTürkiye (TR)1 aBahar Aykan00aWhose Tradition, Whose Identity? The politics of constructing “Nevruz” as intangible heritage in Turkey  uhttp://ejts.revues.org/50003 aThis article problematizes the tendency of States Parties to use UNESCO’s 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage as a political tool for nation-building. Having overall control and authority over the administration and implementation of this Convention, States Parties often use it to promote an official version of intangible heritage to foster national identity and unity. Such state dominance may in some cases result in strengthening the state’s control over the heritage of minority groups and contribute to the appropriation of their heritage as national heritage, becoming a means to reject their identities and cultures. I discuss these politico-nationalistic issues surrounding the 2003 Convention through the case of “Nevruz”, a very controversial festival in Turkey.