The Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced that the number of historical artifacts returned to Türkiye since 2002 has reached 12,139. According to the statement…
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Türkiye facilitated the repatriation of 55 historical artifacts on Tuesday identified as belonging to Iran. The artifacts were transported to Erzurum province and officially returned…
The ongoing efforts of the teams combating cultural heritage trafficking under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism’s Directorate General of Cultural Assets and Museums signify…
In a planned gesture of restitution, a California museum returned seven royal artifacts to Ghana’s traditional Ashanti king on Thursday, marking his silver jubilee. This…
The year 2023 could be considered highly significant for Türkiye in reclaiming numerous cultural assets illegally taken out of the country. According to the Ministry…
A Belgian tourist couple, Kim and Warre Mergits, who were detained in Türkiye’s tourist hub Antalya for attempting to smuggle three ancient historical stones believed…
New York authorities, in the process of probing stolen antiquities from Türkiye, have confiscated a bronze bust from an art museum in Massachusetts thought to…
Türkiye has decided to intensify its efforts to reclaim artifacts belonging to ancient Anatolian civilizations and the Ottoman Empire from world-renowned museums in the U.K.,…
In a recent archaeological discovery, tools from the Middle Paleolithic Age have been unearthed during excavations in the 86,000-year-old Inkaya Cave in northwestern Çanakkale. The…
A young man found an ancient iron arrow dating back 2,000 years while cleaning the UNESCO-designated Lake Iznik in Bursa. The lake, known for its…