Turkey
Turkish artist Zehra Dogan is released from prison after more than two years
The journalist, accused of spreading propaganda, was backed by Banksy
Turkey's Göbekli Tepe: is this the world’s first architecture?
Scholars say the organisation needed to build the 12,000-year-old temple may mark the beginnings of class society and patriarchy
Imprisoned Turkish artist Zehra Dogan smuggles thank-you letter to Banksy
Bristolian street artist unveiled New York mural in March in protest against her arrest
Turkish artist Zehra Dogan continues to paint on scrap paper from prison
She was sentenced to jail for "spreading terrorist propaganda" after posting a painting depicting a Kurdish town draped in Turkish flags
Contemporary art biennial returns to Mardin in Turkey after three-year hiatus
Event resumes in the ancient city in the country’s south-east corner after years of tumult
Elmgreen & Dragset bring a bit of Istanbul Biennial to Germany
Curators of this year’s show, with the theme of home and neighbourhoods, show key works at Munich museum
Turkish president appeals ruling that he must pay damages to artist
Mehmet Aksoy's Monument to Humanity was razed by local council after Recep Tayyip Erdogan called it a "monstrosity"
V&A is willing to lend its fragment to reunite it with the Sidamara Sarcophagus in Istanbul
Turkish tomb could regain long-lost head
Playing hardball with soft power on restitution claims
Western museums are feeling the pressure over restitution claims from China, Turkey and Cambodia
Western museums under pressure from China, Turkey, and Cambodia to fulfil restitution claims
The number of artefacts under restitution claims is rising
Turkey says return objects or forget loans
Roman and Ottoman-era exhibitions will suffer as US and European museums face tougher calls for restitution
Ottoman perspectives
This original and brilliant book describes how Western archaeology and archaeologists appeared to Turkish eyes.
Turkey turns up the heat on foreign museums as list of antiquities demanded gets longer
More exhibitions are hit by the loans boycott as Turkey pushes for restitution
Met faces claims for Hittite artefacts
Provenance of late trustee’s gifts investigated as Turkey takes tougher line on restitution
Turkey blocks loans to US and UK in a restitution dispute
Multiple claims for antiquities at New York’s Met, major exhibitions hit at London’s British Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum
Interview with Mike Nelson: On the biennale, Turkey, and being “not quite sure what installation is…”
His work at the Venice Biennale has meant rebuilding an installation inside a rebuilt caravanserai within the British Pavilion
US museums receive surfeit of patronage for Islamic art collections
But Arab donors are in scarce supply, while Turks, Iranians and others spend freely
The Istanbul Biennial looks east (Eastern Europe, that is)
The Turkish capital has curators, collectors and galleries—if the government pitches in, it could become the leading destination for contemporary art in the Middle and Near East
Government looks to China as Europe suspends funding for Ilisu dam
Authorities fail on environmental and social impact conditions
First Dalí exhibition in Turkey
The Sakip Sabanci Museum in Istanbul is holding the first ever retrospective devoted to the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí in a Muslim country
Turkey claims stele in British Museum
Despite a lack of evidence suggesting that the basalt stele was excavated illegally, the Turkish government are making a bid to regain the artefact
Royal Academy and Tate exhibitions heading for top attendance
“Turks: A journey of a thousand years 600-1600” and “Turner, Whistler, Monet” have been wildly successful
Potential changes to state law could affect claims relating to Armenian massacres
Californian law may make restitution harder
Austrian support for the Kurds leads to friction over archaeology
Austrian support for the Kurds leads to friction over archaeology