Late last year, Ankara took the unprecedented step of revoking excavation licenses for three French and German teams that had been digging in Turkey for decades, in a move widely seen as a warning shot in the antiquities battle.
Krajem prošle godine, Ankara je prvi put ukinula dozvole za iskopavanje trima francuskim i nemačkim timovima koji su decenijama kopali u Turskoj, što je, kako se smatra, bilo prvi upozorenje u bici za antikvitete.