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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 6516010, member: 110226"]This is an interesting, essay, which discusses cultural heritage laws and agreements (MOUs) and the checkered history of a country, in this case Turkey.</p><p><br /></p><p>To be sure, the Turkish government committed horrendous crimes against various minorities within the country's borders. To this day, there is the ongoing struggle between the Kurds, who are seeking to create an autonomous, independent country, and the Turkish government, which is intent on Turkish hegemony not only with the country's borders, but also beyond, very much in the image of the old Ottoman Empire, albeit at a much reduced scale.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not want to stray into the politics of international relations, except to say that it is often messy, frequently immoral if not of questionable ethics, sometimes smacking of expediency and with a smell of hypocrisy that outrages people who believe in justice, human rights and democratic values.</p><p><br /></p><p>Given the complex relationship between Turkey and the archeological community I can see how professional archeologists can be caught between a rock and a hard place when dealing with an authoritarian government, a government that has, in the past sacrificed the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman ruins near the Kurdish town of Hasankey, with the construction of the nearby Ilısu Dam in 2018.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/zeugma/site_05.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/zeugma/site_05.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/zeugma/site_05.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The MOU does have politics behind it, but the fundamental right for a country to protect its cultural heritage, no matter how unreasonable it is in its reach or scope, rests within the sovereign domain of that country. That the US entered into such a MOU is no surprise to me, given Turkey's pivotal role in the region. This is a sad but true theme that has run through the course of human history, which, as collectors and students of history we know all too well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 6516010, member: 110226"]This is an interesting, essay, which discusses cultural heritage laws and agreements (MOUs) and the checkered history of a country, in this case Turkey. To be sure, the Turkish government committed horrendous crimes against various minorities within the country's borders. To this day, there is the ongoing struggle between the Kurds, who are seeking to create an autonomous, independent country, and the Turkish government, which is intent on Turkish hegemony not only with the country's borders, but also beyond, very much in the image of the old Ottoman Empire, albeit at a much reduced scale. I do not want to stray into the politics of international relations, except to say that it is often messy, frequently immoral if not of questionable ethics, sometimes smacking of expediency and with a smell of hypocrisy that outrages people who believe in justice, human rights and democratic values. Given the complex relationship between Turkey and the archeological community I can see how professional archeologists can be caught between a rock and a hard place when dealing with an authoritarian government, a government that has, in the past sacrificed the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman ruins near the Kurdish town of Hasankey, with the construction of the nearby Ilısu Dam in 2018. [URL]https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/zeugma/site_05.html[/URL] The MOU does have politics behind it, but the fundamental right for a country to protect its cultural heritage, no matter how unreasonable it is in its reach or scope, rests within the sovereign domain of that country. That the US entered into such a MOU is no surprise to me, given Turkey's pivotal role in the region. This is a sad but true theme that has run through the course of human history, which, as collectors and students of history we know all too well.[/QUOTE]
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