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Turkey to push for return of 'stolen' artefacts

Turkey to push for return of 'stolen' artefacts

Western museums are in a "panic" over the repatriation of "stolen" artefacts to Turkey, the country’s Culture and Tourism Minister Ertugrul Gunay has said, adding that he hopes regional neighbours also reclaim their ancient treasures.

By Hürriyet Daily News (text)
 

Turkey will continue putting pressure on museums, especially many in Western Europe, to return the country’s illegally removed ancient treasures, Culture Minister Ertugrul Gunay has warned.

Gunay told the Hurriyet Daily News that Ankara’s new art repatriation policy has caused “panic” among Western museums, but that the effort had been largely successful and would continue. He added that the he hoped Greece, Iraq and Syria would also act to recover "stolen" art.

Click here to read Gunay's full interview on Hurriyet Daily News

Date created : 24/12/2012 
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Modern Turks are descendants

by foiegras - 24/12/2012 - 15:37

Modern Turks are descendants of conquerors who rode out of the steppes of Asia in order to pillage the peoples of Asia Minor. They have the same relationship remains of the indigenous peoples there that the British have to Indian art, that modern Greeks have to ancient Athenians, or indeed that modern Israelis have to relics of Fertile Crescent archeology. Buyers keepers, sellers weepers. Turks and Albanians are resurrecting the ancient skill of pillage.

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