Cyprus came under British control in 1878. At this time the Western-based orientalist mind-set, which saw ‘Ottoman’ as a synonym for stagnation was at its zenith, and this view was strategically disseminated as the European empires expanded. This also coincided with the evolution of the ethnic-nationalism that facilitated the formation of national heritage constructs. By analysing the case of Cyprus, a place which is entangled with British colonial governance as well as revolutionary Turkey, this paper aims to widen the discussion on the conservation trajectory of the Ottoman built heritage in post-Ottoman environments. Approaches to the restoration, interpretation, and management of Cyprus’s Ottoman buildings between 1878 and 1960 are dissected, assessed and categorized through British-era archival collections. The history of conservation practices is contextualised in changing political and professional perspectives, which reveal the role of Eurocentric paradigms of orientalism and nationalism in managing the perception and treatment processes of Ottoman-built heritage.

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从不起眼的遗产到国家遗产：重新审视英国殖民塞浦路斯人对奥斯曼建筑的保护方法

塞浦路斯于1878年受到英国的控制。这时，西方的东方主义思维已达到顶峰，这种思维将“奥斯曼帝国”（Ottoman）视为停滞的代名词，随着欧洲帝国的扩张，这一观点在战略上得到了传播。这也与种族民族主义的发展相吻合，后者促进了国家遗产结构的形成。通过分析与英国殖民统治和革命性土耳其纠缠不清的地方塞浦路斯的情况，本文旨在扩大对后奥斯曼帝国环境下奥斯曼帝国建筑遗产的保护轨迹的讨论。通过英国时代的档案馆藏，对1878年至1960年之间塞浦路斯奥斯曼建筑的恢复，解释和管理方法进行了剖析，评估和分类。