Culture and Tourism Ministry's Anti-Smuggling Department
Kore torso sculpture to be displayed at Ankara museum
A "Kore torso" — a statue body without the head and arms — that was auctioned in the U.K. and returned to Türkiye after being proven smuggled from the ancient city of Miletus in the western province of Aydın's Didim district, will soon be exhibited at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara.
Project launched for returning smuggled artifacts to Türkiye
The number of supporters of a project called "Artworks Are Beautiful Where They Belong," launched to return eight smuggled historical artifacts back to Türkiye, has approached 25,000.
Anatolian artifacts delivered to Turkish consulate in NY
After a two-year work of the Culture and Tourism Ministry's Anti-Smuggling Department, 14 works of Anatolian origin, stolen by the U.S. art collector Michael Steinhardt, one of the world's greatest collectors of antique art, have been handed over to the New York Consulate General by the Manhattan Prosecutor's Office for their return to Turkey.