Turkish president fined for ‘insulting’ Armenia peace statueANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Turkey’s state-run news agency says a court has ordered President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to pay 10,000 Turkish Lira (US$4,000) in compensation to an artist for calling his sculpture – meant to promote reconciliation between Turkey and Armenia – a “monstrosity.” Erdogan expressed his dislike in 2011 of Mehmet Aksoy’s giant Monument […]
Turkish president to change palace name, add religious connotationANKARA (AFP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said he would soon re-name his controversial new presidential palace, adopting the name of the complexes surrounding imperial mosques. Erdogan said in a speech in Ankara that the Presidential Palace would, in the future, be known as the Presidential Kulliye and will contain a mosque, […]
Cyprus welcomes home icons stolen after Turkish invasionNICOSIA, Cyprus (AFP) – Cyprus formally welcomed home from Germany on Tuesday scores of frescoes, mosaics and icons stolen from churches after the Turkish invasion in 1974 and returned after a long legal battle. The 173 Byzantine and post-Byzantine antiquities, which still show the damage caused when they were removed from around 50 Greek Orthodox […]
1929 Whippet roadster was the top Howard Meyer estate lot at Miller and MillerNEW HAMBURG, Canada – A 1929 Whippet Model 96A four-cylinder roadster roared away for CA$22,000 ($19,990 with buyer’s premium), a vintage Canadian porcelain sign for White Rose realized CA$15,000 ($18,450 with buyer’s premium), and vintage Schuco toys commanded high prices at Miller & Miller on March 1 and March 2. Complete results can be seen […]