Türkiye’s recent successful efforts to prevent the smuggling of historical artifacts abroad continue.
Recently, an operation was organized by Kocaeli Provincial Gendarmerie Command upon a tip-off that historical artifacts would be smuggled abroad.
In the operation organized in a house, tombstones and columns thought to be from the Roman period were seized. 1 suspect was also detained.
The gravestones and columns thought to belong to the Roman period were handed over to the Kocaeli Archaeology Museum.
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