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Home again – Cybele returns thanks to Turkish Cargo

[ December 14, 2020   //   ]

Turkish Cargo has helped bring back a third Century AD statue of the mother goddess Cybele to Istanbul from New York. She had been trafficked abroad in 1970.

Cybele, guardian of abundance was brought to Istanbul from New York on 12 December with the sponsorship of Turkish Airlines following a huge legal effort by the country’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and will be exhibited in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum.

Turkish Cargo has carried several historical treasures in recent years, including artefacts from To pkapı and Dolmabahce Palaces to Japan, contributed to the return of the missing pieces of the Gypsy Girl Mosaic to Turkey, more than 50 masterpieces from Paris Louvre Museum to Tehran and the Sarcophagus of Hercules of the Roman Era from Geneva to Istanbul.

Turkish Cargo operates three sensitive cargo stores and has specialised, qualified staff members. Its worldwide network of over 320 destinations, including 95 served by freighter aircraft, allow it to move artefacts all around the world.

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