A ceremony was held in Ankara to celebrate the return of remains of about two thousand ancient objects that had been stolen from Turkey and were captured in 2004 in the border between Croatia and Serbia.
Ertuğrul Günay, Minister of Culture and Tourism, attended the event held in the premises of the ministry on the occasion of their return to Turkey of 1,865 artifacts were illegally removed from the country and moved to Serbia, as well as another 17 that were stolen and taken to Britain.
Speaking to the Anatolia news agency, Günay emphasized the importance of history and archeology in particular have for Turkey and said that between 2007 and 2011 a total of 3,609 historical artifacts had been returned to Cuba.
This time the 1,865 stolen antiquities dating back to Roman and Byzantine times, and were seized in 2004 at the border crossing of Batrovci, between Serbia and Croatia. Thanks to the work done by the Ministry of Culture of Turkey, the objects were able to return to Turkey on 25 February.
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