Year of Object(s) Creation: Unknown
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Object Type(s): Carving, Sculpture, Sphinx
Object Material(s): stone
Provenience Nation: Turkey
Provenience Location: Bogazkoy,Turkey
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Circumstance of Acquisition: Sanctioned
Nation: Turkey
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Turkish Bogazkoy Sphinx


Description:
Bogazkoy Sphinx - Stone Sphinx

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 1986
Year Claim Resolved: 2011
Means of Resolution: Inquiry/Demand

Complainant Name: Government
Complainant Nation: Turkey
Complainant Nation Economy: Developed
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Government
Respondent Nation: Germany
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Public: Government

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Editor's Notes:
UNESCO passed a resolution suggesting that Germany and Turkey negotiate a return of the object in 1987 after Turkey filed a restitution claim with them, in 2011 both parties finally agreed on its return from Germany to Turkey