We have to change the buyer's attitude. Digging for the truth. A reformed smuggler in the Aktepe tomb mound, from which 350 pieces were stolen. I trust that future conquerors will learn . . . not to plunder cities they capture and take advantage of the distress of other peoples to adorn their homelands. I studied economics and political science at university.
Archaeology is a hobby.
In July 1970, Peter Hopkirk, the Sunday Times correspondent, came to Turkey. He was investigating a lead about the smuggling of an important treasure dating back to the sixth century BC, from the reign of the last Lydian king, Croesus. We worked together on this issue. If an internationally famous institution such as the Met was working in tandem with smugglers, this deserved media attention. As a result, I began more detailed investigations.