08.11.2026 10:30
In an operation targeting historical artifact smuggling in the Aliağa district of İzmir, 525 artifacts from the Archaic, Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic periods were seized. Among the seized items are 226 coins, 10 dental instruments used in the Ancient Roman period, and 5 figurines determined to have been used in religious rituals. A judicial investigation has been initiated against 1 suspect who was taken into custody.
In a police operation conducted in the Aliağa district of İZMİR, 525 historical artifacts from different periods were seized, and 1 suspect was taken into custody.
Under the coordination of the Aliağa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, work was carried out against historical artifact smuggling by teams of the Provincial Police Department's Smuggling Crimes Combat Branch Directorate.
DENTAL INSTRUMENTS FROM ANCIENT ROME
In the operation, 284 objects from the Archaic, Roman, and Byzantine periods; a total of 226 coins from the Islamic, Roman, and Byzantine periods; 10 dental instruments used in the Ancient Roman period; and 5 human-figured figurines determined to have been used in religious rituals were seized.
JUDICIAL INVESTIGATION CONCERNING THE SUSPECT
A judicial investigation was initiated against 1 suspect taken into custody in the operation within the scope of Law No. 2863 on the Protection of Cultural and Natural Assets.