Prepared to develop a brand new relationship with Greece, concerning the Parthenon Sculptures, the administration of the British Museum seems, in line with a press release made by its consultant to ERT, on the event of the statements of a Turkish archaeologist, who supported their return to Greece.
“The British Museum acknowledges Greece’s sturdy need to return the Parthenon Sculptures in London to Athens. This is a matter with a really lengthy historical past and we perceive and respect the sturdy feelings that this dialogue causes,” mentioned the Museum’s consultant initially.
He added: “We’re eager to develop a brand new relationship with Greece – a ‘Parthenon partnership’ – and discover the opportunity of progressive methods of working collectively (with our Greek mates) within the hope that the understanding of the Parthenon Sculptures will deepen. and can proceed to encourage individuals world wide. The British Museum has sorted the Parthenon sculptures for over two centuries and our deep funding within the sculptures is one thing we have now in widespread with our Greek companions. We hope that it will probably type the premise for the brand new relationship and the practical options we search.”
Turkey cancels the sale of the Marbles to Elgin
The consultant of Turkey on the twenty fourth Session of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Return of Cultural Property to the Nations of Origin (ICPRCP) proceeded to deconstruct one of many central arguments of the British for the Parthenon Sculptures remaining within the British Museum as she acknowledged that “it’s not to our data the existence of a doc that legitimizes the acquisition”.
Ms. Zeynep Boz, who heads Turkey’s anti-trafficking division, was referring to the Ottoman doc cited by Britain for the acquisition of the Parthenon Sculptures in 1816 from Lord Elgin as a part of the story of the removing of the Sculptures.
“We aren’t conscious of the existence of a doc that legalizes this buy, which was then made by the British colonialists, so I don’t suppose there may be any room to debate its legality even (…) in line with the legislation of the time. We wholeheartedly sit up for celebrating the return of the Sculptors, as we consider that it’s going to sign a change in habits in direction of the safety of cultural property and would be the strongest message to be given worldwide,” mentioned Turkey’s consultant as seen within the video beneath at 4: 33:25.
For its half, the UK responded by reiterating its place that Elgin had acted with the permission of the Ottoman authorities and in accordance with the firman given to him, of which an Italian translation survives, whereas there was discuss of a second permission, concerning the transport of the Sculptors to England.
On behalf of the Greek delegation, the director of the Acropolis Museum, Nikos Stampolidis, took the place on the UNESCO assembly and mentioned “we all know precisely what a firman is from the certainly one of Elgin dated 1802 and the one which Lord Byron had in 2010: it’s a authorized doc signed by the Sultan himself whereas the Italian letter introduced right here by the British mates is a mere doc.’
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