Historical Quran smuggled from Turkey returns to its homeland

Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, in a statement on his social media account, included the phrase "We have good news before the Night of Power, which is better than a thousand months," and noted the following:

"The Quran, which was illegally taken from Turkey and put up for sale in England in 2017, has been reunited with our country. We will exhibit the manuscript, copied by Mustafa Dede, the son of the calligrapher Sheikh Hamdullah who founded the Ottoman calligraphy school, at our Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts."

Ersoy continued his words as follows:

"Written at the beginning of the 16th century, this manuscript draws attention with the preparation of its written sections using a technique we define in calligraphy as 'vassale,' where they are pasted onto a different paper.

I sincerely thank everyone and all institutions who contributed to the arrival of this Quran in our country, which we ensured was returned after a meticulous follow-up process. I invite everyone to our Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts to see many such precious works like this manuscript. May our Night of Power be blessed."

News Source: AA