Cultural Restitution
October 12, 2020
REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
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Republic of Turkey
Updated October 2020
Below is a schedule of restitutions made by the Republic of Turkey and/or news relating to restitutions.
Entries are updated regularly
November 2019
Two looted artefacts, including a Tang mural from a Buddhist grotto and a pottery figurine from the Sui Dynasty, have been returned in first successful restitution by Turkey to China
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“Would be nice to have a more frank discussion about how objects are collected for the Museum. Saying ‘Donated’ is not enough”
Last week, a delegation of Naga people signed a declaration that will lead to the return of 41 Naga ancestral remains currently held in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
Village leaders at San Benito Poité in southern Belize, formerly British Honduras, are claiming that an important collection of artefacts removed from the ancient city of Pusilha is not the lawful property of the British Museum