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66 SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Social Responsibility

At Aygaz, we carry out and We lead the industry with pioneering works in our fields of
support various projects operation and also undertake value adding projects in issues
that concern the community and the environment. At Aygaz, we
in areas such as culture recognize our responsibilities as a corporate citizen and support

and arts, environment, several projects in areas such as culture and arts, environment,
sports, and education, many among the UN Sustainable
sports, and education Development Goals, investing in the future. We value the
to contribute to the importance of developing our local communities and the regions
where we operate and contribute to environmental, social and
development of society. cultural development through social responsibility projects.

Culture and Arts
Excavations in the ancient city of Sagalassos
Since 2005, we have supported the excavations at the Sagalassos
Ancient City, located at the foothills of the Taurus Mountains,
with traces of the first settlement dating back to 4200 BCE. The
archaeological work in the Upper Agora, which Aygaz has supported
since 2017, has been completed. In 2021, the scope expanded
with the addition of the previous anastylosis projects undertaken
in Sagalassos to the target area, which includes the Upper Agora.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and limited availability of
financial resources forced the project to limit the work in 2021 to
a smaller scale than planned. The architectural documentation,
conservation, and restoration activities in and around the Upper
Agora focused on three objectives: Architectural documentation,
research and conservation, feasibility studies for future anastylosis
projects, restoration, and structural reinforcement.

Iznik Tile Kilns Excavation
In 2021, we added the Iznik Tile Kilns Excavation as a new
archaeological excavation to the projects we support. Iznik
Excavations, focused on the whole and various aspects of Iznik’s
historical and cultural heritage, took place in two periods. In the