Turkish Inaction on ISIS Spurs Destruction of Artifacts
Henri Neuendorf, Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Kurdish nationalists are alleged to have been involved in the looting and arson of the Ziya Göklap Museum and other cultural sites during widespread unrest throughout Turkey, Conflict Antiquities reports.
Reuters reported that police struggled to contain thousands of pro-kurdish demonstrators angered by the Turkish government’s inaction in the fight against ISIS Jihadists directly across the Syrian border in Kobani. Dozens were killed and injured in clashes on Tuesday night.
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