Turkish-US pact cracks down on archaeological trade

Turkish-US pact cracks down on archaeological trade

Memorandum of understanding between 2 states was signed this January in capital Ankara

By Behlul Cetinkaya

ANKARA (AA) – A pact with the US on restricting imports on archaeological and ethnological materials from Turkey was published in the nation’s Official Gazette on Friday.

Under the memorandum of understanding, signed on Jan. 19 in the Turkish capital Ankara, both countries will act in line with the 1970 UNESCO Convention on prohibiting and preventing the illicit import, export, and transfer of ownership of cultural property.

Under the pact, Turkey will impose restrictions on importation into the US of certain archaeological materials, including objects in stone, metal and ceramic ranging in date from 1,200,000 BC and AD 1770.

Turkey also restricted imports of certain ethnological materials including objects in stone, wood, textile, leather and parchment ranging in date from the first century AD to 1923, it said.

The US shall offer for return to Turkey any object or material on the designated list forfeited to the government of the US, it added.

Turkey will continue its best efforts to maintain and share information with the US about unauthorized excavations, thefts of cultural property, trafficking of cultural property, and other threats that jeopardize its cultural patrimony, it noted.

Both countries agreed to encourage the interchange of archaeological and ethnological materials for cultural, educational, and specific purposes, including long-term loans of such materials to promote widespread public appreciation of and access to Turkey’s rich cultural heritage.

The memorandum will remain in force for five years if it is not extended, it said.


*Writing by Gozde Bayar​​​​​​​

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