For decades, the efforts of the teams combating cultural heritage trafficking under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's Directorate General of Cultural Assets and Museums have finally borne fruit. A staggering 25,525 historical artifacts and cultural assets, which had been smuggled abroad, have been successfully repatriated to Türkiye.
Thousands of stolen artifacts repatriated to Türkiye over 4 decades
Daily Sabah, 14 April 2024 , Türkiye
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