Historical Works To Be Returned To Turkey

ANKARA - Glazed tiles of Sinan Pasha Mosque and a hand-written book, which were smuggled from Turkey to abroad, will be returned by Britain.
Directorate General of Security officials told the A.A correspondent that they revealed that glazed tiles, which had been stolen from Sinan Pasha Mosque in Yenisehir town of northwestern province of Bursa, were smuggled to Britain.
Upon initiatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, British Interpol sent a message saying that the tiles would be handed over to Turkish Embassy in London.
Meanwhile, a handwritten book of famous mystic and philosopher Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi, which was discovered in a catalogue of Christie's Auction Hall in Britain, would be returned to Turkey.
It was revealed that the 22-page handwritten book dated October 24, 1205, was one of the works stolen from the Yusuf Aga Manuscript Museum in central province of Konya.
(UK-MS) 22.06.2003