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Turkey Increases Pressure on International Museums to Return Antiquities

April 11, 2012

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The grand opening of what Turkey plans to be the “biggest museum in the world” may be more than a decade away (the republic celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2023), but the country’s government appears eager to recover what it says are illegally excavated antiquities from institutions around the world.

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ICOMOS Releases New Heritage At Risk Report

May 18, 2011

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The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) recently released Heritage at Risk, a global report on endangered monuments and sites around the world.

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Massive Hydroelectric Dam Threatens to Flood Ancient City of Hasankeyf, Turkey

October 12, 2010

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For 10,000 years, the Southeastern banks of the Tigris River have seen more than 20 cultures come and go in the ancient city of Hasankeyf. Today, the site is littered with archaeological treasures left behind by these settlements—from thousands of human-made dwellings carved into surrounding cliffs, to palaces, mosques, and the famed Old Tigris Bridge.

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