Dutch masterpieces seal bond with Turkey
Published on : 21 February 2012 - 9:17pm | By Bram Vermeulen ((C) Rijsmuseum Amsterdam)
Several museums in Istanbul are holding major exhibitions of famous Dutch paintings to mark 400 years of diplomatic relations between Turkey and the Netherlands. Ties between the two countries go back to 1612, when Cornelis Haga presented his credentials to Sultan Ahmet I as the first ambassador the Dutch Republic sent to the Ottoman Empire.
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