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More than 200 Treasures Stolen from Turkish Occupied Areas Recovered

The Cyprus Law Office on the case of Turkish smuggler Aydin Dikmen, has announced the authorities have recovered a total of 207 treasures stolen from the Turkish occupied areas of the island. Specifically, according to a press release, 34...

German Court of Appeal to Decide by March on Fate of Looted Cypriot Treasures

A German Court of Appeal will issue its final decision on the fate of the remaining 85 treasures stolen from the Turkish occupied areas of Cyprus, including fragments of church wall paintings, icons, a manuscript of an Armenian gospel...

Stolen Antiquities Hunter Teaches World Lessons from Cyprus

Stolen antiquities huntress Tasoula Hadjitofi was interviewed by the Cyprus News Agency nearly a year after she helped locate 173 artifacts found in the possession of Turkish smuggler Aydin Dikmen in Munich and returned to Cyprus. Looking at her, one...

Smuggled Relics Will Return To Cyprus

According to the newspaper Liberal, the Munich Court of Appeals has ordered the return to the Church of Cyprus some 173 ecclesiastical relics (icons, mosaics and mural paintings e.t.c.), that a Turkish smuggler of antiquities, Aydin Dikmen, had looted...

Turkish Smuggler Wants Cypriot Treasures

According to a report by the German newspaper Abendzeitung, Aydin Dikmen, a Turkish smuggler of artworks, is going to the courts asking for Cypriot treasures to be declared a "dowry" of his wife and is demanding  compensation from the...