Turkiye repatriated 55 historical artefacts identified as belonging to Iran on Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reports. The artefacts were taken to Erzurum province and sent to Iran with a ceremony at the Erzurum Archaeology Museum, as part of the work on the return of illegally smuggled artefacts to Turkiye. Director-General of Cultural Heritage and Museums, Birol Incecikoz, said Turkiye has been carrying out comprehensive work on artefact smuggling. Incecikoz said Turkiye has successfully brought back 7,824 artefacts to the homeland in the last seven years. “We have become one of the rule-making countries in the world in terms of returning illegally smuggled artefacts to our country. As a country, we claim that every cultural artefact is the jewel of the country […]
