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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Explaining why a looted artefact should be returned to its country or community of origin can sometimes be straightforward. But explaining how is altogether different
A unique shell necklace believed to originate from the Bass Strait islands has been returned by The Hunterian collection to representatives from the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) who travelled to Glasgow to carry it home
Laying Ancestors to Rest pulls no punches. The recommendations made in a new policy brief published by the All Party-Parliamentary Group on Afrikan-Reparations (APPG-AR) include making the sale of human remains illegal and putting an end to the public display of ancestral remains