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Antiques Smuggling – Turkey

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March 1997 With more ancient Greek settlements than Greece and more Roman ruins than Italy, Turkey is an archaeologist’s treasure trove…. and a plunder’s paradise. A multi million dollar black market in antiquities threatens to rob Turkey of its heritage. The Lycian, Roman and Byzantine Empires have all left their mark on Turkey’s [...]

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