Turkey: Ankara Seeks the Return of Looted Antiquities
August 30, 2012 - 1:35pm, by Dorian Jones
Turkey
Turkey's Ministry of Culture is playing hardball with some of the world’s most prestigious museums. The ministry is refusing to lend historical artifacts to leading museums in the United States and the United Kingdom until they return antiquities that Turkish officials maintain were illegally taken from Turkey.
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