Art Sold at Controversial Istanbul Auction Comes Partially to Light
Daniel Etter for the International Herald Tribune
Oner Kocabeyoglu, an avid art collector, bought a dozen paintings at the Bilgi auction.
By SUSANNE FOWLER
Published: April 17, 2013
ISTANBUL — When dozens of valuable works by Turkish modern and contemporary artists that had been part of a university museum’s collection were about to be sold at auction earlier this year, an uproar ensued.
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