He isn’t conscious of the existence of an Ottoman doc legitimizing Elgin’s actions concerning the Parthenon Sculptures, stated the consultant of Turia to UNESCO. The explanation for the well-known “firmani”, which is talked regarding on the web site of the British Museum as a part of the story of the removing of the Sculptors and their sale to the British authorities with the approval of the British parliamentary committee.
The consultant of Turkey on the twenty fourth Session of its Intergovernmental Committee UNESCO for the Return of Cultural Property to the Nations of Origin (ICPRCP) acknowledged that “we aren’t conscious of the existence of a doc that legalizes the acquisition”.
Zeynep Boz, who heads Turkey’s anti-trafficking division, was referring to the Ottoman doc cited by Britain in regards to the buy 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 regulation of the time. We wholeheartedly look ahead to celebrating the return of the Sculptors, as we consider that it’ll sign a change in habits in the direction of the safety of cultural belongings and would be the strongest message that shall be given worldwide,” stated the consultant of Turkey, in line with Kathimerini.
Answering, the UK he reiterated his place that Elgin 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 switch of the Sculptures to England.
On behalf of the Greek delegation, the director of the Acropolis Museum, Nikos Stampolidis, took the place on the UNESCO assembly and stated “we all know precisely what a firman is from the one in all 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 offered right here by the British associates is a mere doc.’
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