Tag: Turkey
Getty Museum returns ancient bronze head to Turkey: A Restitution Story
The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles will be returning an ancient bronze sculpture of a young man’s head to Turkey after an investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s
DetailAmerican Museum curator detained at Istanbul airport with 1,500 spider and scorpion samples
American arachnologist Lorenzo Prendini was detained in Istanbul on Monday accused of attempting to smuggle dead spiders and scorpions out of the country. Prendini, a curator at New York’s American
DetailTurkish authorities shut down transgender exhibition amidst LGBTQ+ crackdown
Turkish authorities have blocked an exhibition that celebrates the art and history of the transgender community in Turkey, amid a wider crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights in the country. The exhibition,
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