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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Campaigners for ending the public display and sale of human remains will be encouraged by this month’s news from the DCMS that it plans to review its Guidance for the Care of Human Remains in Museums
After assuming the UK’s highest office, another British prime minister has changed his mind about returning the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. Was this predictable?
The USA is being urged not to renew a five-year cultural property agreement with the Arab Republic of Egypt, on the grounds Egypt has prioritised ‘prestige megaprojects’ and ‘political spectacle’ over site protection and collections management