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How were taken the ephesos ruins to England in the middle of Nineteen Century?

2018
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Advisor: Prof. Dr. Bayram Bayrakdar

Abstract (EN)

People who had been affected on the ideas of the Renaissance in Europe, started to be interested in ancient age art works and looking at ancient work of arts in other countries. At the result of that, archaeological excavations had started at ancient city Efes. Europeans had attracted attention, Anatolia consists of rich ruins from ancient Greece and Rome. Even if the excavations of these foreigners were in permission Ministry of Maarif, while some researchers had taken permission, some had not. British and Austrians had carried that work of arts, exhibited them in the museums they had established. In British Museum had been exhibited, carried away work of arts from ancient city Efes to England. Ottoman Empire did not have the awareness of protection of ancient work of arts until the period of the Tanzimat reforms. However, within this period a different procedure started and the first idea of creating a museum in order to save work of arts emerged in 1840. In the result of that the first museum had established by Fethi Ahmet Paşa in 1846. From that date ancient work of arts found in Anatolia had been collected and exhibited in that museum. People who came to Anatolia for excavations had made use of Ottoman Empire's political and economical weakness. Sometimes they had bought ancient work of arts. While at times they had just carried away ancient work of arts. This situation had caused reaction from various intellectuals and as head of Muze-i Humayun in 1881 Osman Hamdi Bey. Especially he had established archaeology of Ottoman Empire in strong grounds and improving museums in Ottoman Empire. Keyword: Ephesos, Conveying Ephesos Ruins, Mr. Wood, Mr. Benndorf, Osman Hamdi Bey, Historical Artifacts Smuggling.

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Dr. Sıdıka Tamtürk

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Sıdıka Tamtürk (Master Thesis). How were taken the ephesos ruins to England in the middle of Nineteen Century?, 2018, Dokuz Eylül University.

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