Turkey: Roughly 43 million Turkish Liras were spent for excavations in 2013
Balkans news - 04.06.2014
Turkey's archaeological excavations authorized by the Culture and Tourism Ministry have cost roughly 43 million Turkish Liras in 2013, as has been reported at the 36th International Excavation, Research and Archeometry Symposium. The symposium opened yesterday at the Zeugma Mosaic Museum in the southeastern province of Gaziantep. The symposium was attended by Turkish and foreign archaeology teams and academics.
The Cultural Heritage and Museums General Director Abdullah Kocapınar said excavations had been attached the utmost of importance for the last 10 years. He said 43,125 million liras were allocated for excavations last year.
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