Icom drops Turkish committee
An independent body is due to take its place
By Gareth Harris. Web only
Published online: 31 January 2012
The Zeugma Mosaic Museum in Gaziantep, which opened in 2011, is among the many new museums launched in Turkey
The International Council of Museums (Icom) has ditched its Turkish committee, which is backed by the country’s ministry of culture. Julien Anfruns, the director general of Icom, which is backed by Unesco, says that the accredited Turkish arm, established in the 1960s, “has unfortunately not moved with the times, despite discussions since 2010”.
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