Heritage Protection Service
Office of the Governor of Irad
Heritage Protection Service
State Register of Monuments of History and Culture
State Emblem of Irad
Attention! Kara-Suu Canyon mouth: excavation site closed to visitors, no photography (permit No. 07/2026) · Rabat-i-Safed winter hours from 1 November: 10:00-16:00 · Finds of church property made before 1992 must be declared within ten days · Drones prohibited over Cathedral Hill, Iyık Janyl

Contacts and reception

The Service receives citizens, owners of monuments and organisations at its office in the Old City of Talas. Applications are accepted on paper only, signed, at the office or by post.

Reception of citizens

Who receivesWhenWhere
Director Navruz KhudoiberdievFirst Thursday of the month, 14:00–17:00, by appointmentRoom 1
First Deputy Director (Register, works, Old City)Tuesdays 10:00–12:00Room 5
Deputy Director (permits, finds)Wednesdays 10:00–12:00Room 3
Applications and finds (duty inspector)Monday to Friday 9:00–13:00 and 14:00–17:00Office 3

Written appeals

Write to the Director at 14 Köhne Diz Street, Talas, or hand the letter in at office 3. Give your name, address and the protection number of the monument if you know it. Letters are answered within 30 days.

Damage to a monument, unauthorised digging or a find can be reported by telephone during office hours; outside them, to the nearest Gendarmerie post.

How to get here

The office is in the Old City of Talas, by the citadel mound. The Old City is a protection zone: leave cars outside it and walk the last few minutes.