{"id":20184,"date":"2020-05-08T12:01:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T09:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bicakhukuk.com\/?p=20184"},"modified":"2020-05-08T12:22:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T09:22:01","slug":"turkey-is-suing-for-the-return-of-the-female-idol-of-kiliya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bicakhukuk.com\/en\/turkey-is-suing-for-the-return-of-the-female-idol-of-kiliya\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey is suing for the return of the Female Idol of Kiliya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Republic of Turkey sues in U.S. Court! Turkey is suing for the return of the Female Idol of Kiliya which it says was illegally excavated in the 1960\u2019s. Turkey seeks return of female figurine from Chalcolithic Era.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Republic of Turkey has brought suit in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against auction house Christie\u2019s and millionaire philanthropist Michael Steinhardt for the return of an allegedly looted female figurine dating to the Chalcolithic era.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The female idol is distinctive of works produced exclusively in the ceramic workshops of Kiliya, Western Anatolia c. 3000-2200 B.C.E. The suit alleges the nine-inch tall statuette, described as the \u201cFemale Idol of Kiliya,\u201d was illegally excavated in the early 1960s, unlawfully smuggled out of the country and then soon found its way to the J.J. Klejman Gallery in New York. According to the plaintiff\u2019s brief filed in the case, John J. Klejman was \u201cwell known in the industry at that time as a \u2018dealer-smuggler\u2019 of\u00a0stolen antiquities.\u201d The defendants dispute this characterization of the late art dealer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">After two short-term owners in the early 1990s, the Kiliya Idol was acquired by Michael Steinhardt in 1993. Steinhardt has been involved in several high profile legal cases involving allegedly looted antiquities, including\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/dockets.justia.com\/docket\/new-york\/nyedce\/1:2013cv06286\/348981\">U.S. v. One Triangular Fresco Fragment<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/district-courts\/FSupp\/991\/222\/1806052\/\">U.S. v. Antique Platter of Gold<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0both of which date to the latter 1990s. The latter case involved a 4th Century B.C.E. antique gold platter of Sicilian origin that was alleged to have been stolen, and was found to have been subject to forfeiture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Court\u2019s decision in\u00a0<em>Antique Platter of Gold<\/em>\u00a0notes that the art dealer who sold the gold platter to Steinhardt in 1991 previously sold 20 to 30 objects to him, totaling $4 to $6 million in sales. The plaintiffs raised these earlier cases to demonstrate a pattern of practice under which Steinhardt may have purchased the female figurine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Republic of Turkey claims it was alerted to the whereabouts of the figurine in early 2017 after Steinhardt engaged the services of Christie\u2019s to sell the Female Idol of Kiliya, and it was included in Christie\u2019s public announcement of an upcoming auction. The Counsel General of the Republic of Turkey and its legal counsel met with Christie\u2019s and demanded that Christie\u2019s return the artifact, but Christie\u2019s and Steinhardt refused their entreaties and proceeded with an auction in April 2017. The Republic of Turkey has referred to the idol as \u201cpriceless.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A 2006 article in Forbes magazine quoted Steinhardt:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cAncient art has not appreciated much in value for a long time,\u201d says Steinhardt. \u201cIt has been under a certain cloud because there are issues of provenance, which have made headlines in the last five-to-ten years and continue to make headlines.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><em>Steinhardt says the inherent risk in antiquities collecting doesn\u2019t intimidate him. \u201cIt\u2019s a bit dangerous, but that\u2019s what makes it exciting,\u201d he says. \u201cBut life is full of risks, isn\u2019t it?<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Since the filing of the suit the successful bidder for the idol, whose identity has not been disclosed, has withdrawn its tender of some $14 million. The Court has noted that the idol is alleged to be \u201can integral and invaluable part of the artistic and cultural patrimony of the Republic,\u201d and has ordered the defendants to suspend their efforts to sell or transfer the antiquity and to keep it in a secure vault at Christie\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The case has attracted two heavyweights in the practice of art restitution law: Lawrence Kaye, Esq. of Herrick Feinstein in New York for the plaintiff, and Thomas Kline, Esq. of Cultural Heritage Partners of Washington, D.C. and New York for the defendants. Judge Alison Nathan will preside over the trial, which was set to begin on April 27, 2020, but has been put on hold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">@Donald Kane, May 07, 2020, https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/daily\/the-republic-of-turkey-sues-in-u-s-court\/<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republic of Turkey sues in U.S. Court! Turkey is suing for the return of the Female Idol of Kiliya which it says was illegally excavated in the 1960\u2019s. Turkey seeks return of female figurine from Chalcolithic Era. 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