Turkey

Allianoi archaeologist awarded cultural heritage prize

Ahmet Yaras’s campaign to save Turkey's ancient Roman spa town from flooding is now in the running for one of six €10,000 “grand prizes”

Published online: 09 May 2012

Turkey blocks loans to US and UK

Multiple claims for antiquities at New York’s Met, major exhibitions hit at London’s British Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum

Published online: 01 March 2012

Icom drops Turkish committee

An independent body is due to take its place

Published online: 31 January 2012

Turkish tourism drive threatens ancient sites

Push for economic progress and development sidelines scholarship

Published online: 06 October 2011

Land art writ large

Art park in Cappadocia, Turkey set to open

Published online: 24 May 2011

Istanbul’s culture blues

The ancient Turkish city’s tenure as a European Capital of Culture has been underwhelming to say the least. What went wrong?

Published online: 15 December 2010

Why the Roman spa town of Allianoi must be saved

We continue to believe that it is still not too late for Turkish political leaders to take necessary action to avoid such a cultural tragedy to take place. Allianoi need not be sacrificed

Published online: 30 September 2010

Turkey’s Roman spa town in peril

Archaeologists mount last ditch attempt to stop the flooding of Allianoi by controversial dam

Published online: 29 September 2010

Istanbul: look beyond the hype

The art scene in Istanbul is active but the protagonists are locally minded and not as truly international as their contemporaries in New York, London, Berlin or Beijing

Published online: 20 September 2010

The museum that was written down

The Nobel Prize winning Turkish author Orhan Pamuk has turned his fictional Museum of Innocence into fact

Published online: 16 September 2010

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