Restitution or Museum of war

Hi friends! Turkey for ten years trying to return from different museums around the world exhibits that for one reason or another were taken out of the country. Hit five American museums, the Louvre, the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, the British Museum, the Victoria and albert Museum in London. In 2011, we managed to negotiate with Germany. The sculpture of The bogazkoy Sphinx (about 1600 BC) was returned to Turkey. But there were long negotiations and many threats from the Republic of Turkey. Until the authorities withdrew permission for the work of German archaeologists in Turkish territory, Germany did not return the exhibit.  Photo from the Miniature Museum in Istanbul. The Pergamon altar is called the altar of Zeus Here is the Pergamon altar, the Turks were never able to return, but I want to. Here things are more complicated. If the Sphinx came to Germany for restoration, according to the Turkish side, the Pergamon altar Germans honestly bought from the rulers of the Ottoman Empire in 1879. But the altar was in the Hermitage for 13 years. After the Soviet soldiers occupied Berlin, they took a lot of cultural property. Only Khrushchev in 1958 returned the Pergamon altar to Germany. Germans allowed to make a plaster cast of the Pergamon altar. It is located in St. Petersburg within the walls of the Academy of Art and industry. A. L. Stieglitz. What do the Turks want to return to their museums?  The mausoleum of Selim II. It is located on the territory of Hagia Sophia. When entering the mosaic on the left and right. On the right the original. The second part in the Louvre > From the Louvre facing the mausoleum of Sultan Selim II. Acquired one of the facing panels dentist Sultan in the 19th century. In the Louvre she got in 1895. From the Victoria and albert Museum (London) claim to be sculpted head of a child with the famous sarcophagus Sidmar (3 century BC) >Charles Wilson (archaeologist) took her out in 1882. The Museum was donated in 1933. The Museum is ready to transfer the sculpture for long-term storage in the archaeological Museum of Istanbul.  Exhibits of the internal courtyard of the archaeological Museum. Istanbul Stele (1st century BC), which is found in Samste. She's at the British Museum now. Archaeologist Woolley Leonard bought it in 1911. 16 years later sold to the British Museum. Exhibits Hittite origin (18 pieces) from the Metropolitan Museum of art, New York. Collector Herbert Schimmel gave them to the Museum in 1989.  Exhibits of the internal courtyard of the archaeological Museum. Istanbul Four marble statues of muses (about 200 ad) and 6 more exhibits. The J. Paul Getty Museum. Paula Getty, Los Angeles. > The statue was once owned by Elie Borowski. Then was transferred to the Museum (1974). Ancient Roman mosaic at Bowling green University, Ohio. > It turned out that mosaic, which is acquired by the University, was stolen from ZEUGMA. ZEUGMA is a Turkish city in which a huge number of mosaics were found. Now they are in the Museum of Gaziantep. The Museum's mosaic collection is the largest in the world. It occupies an area of 2500 sq. m.  Exhibits of the internal courtyard of the archaeological Museum. Istanbul The Cleveland Museum of art also fell under the distribution. 21 exhibits Turkey is trying to return home. The main Roman headless statue from the bronze age (II century BC). >The Museum acquired the statue in 1986. Part of the treasure (6th century A.D.) (found near Kumluca, near Antalya, 1963). Now treasure is in Washington. Dumbarton Oaks Museum. >Dealer George Zakos was the owner of 40 items from the treasure. Then he gave it to the Museum.  Exhibits of the internal courtyard of the archaeological Museum. Istanbul Of course, this is not a complete list of Turkish claims to different museums. They say that the sultans of the Ottoman Empire did not fully understand the value of all items. Which I highly doubt. Even donated exhibits Turkey intends to return, the ancestors of the sultans it is not a decree. Museum circles rebelled. It is clear why. Turkey has forgotten how many of her ancestors by force taken the cultural values of different countries. It will all end, only time will tell.  The lower courtyard of Istanbul archaeological Museum, the wall of which is adjacent to Gulhane Park. The exhibits can only be viewed from above Serbia fulfilled the results of Turkey's demands in 2011. They returned 1,485 coins and 379 of the antiquities of small size. As was said above, Germany returned Baskakovo of the Sphinx. Boston Museum of fine arts returned the upper part of the Roman statue of Weary Hercules (II century ad).