In Turkey, counterfeit Jewish artifacts are commonplace – The Forward
In late march, Turkish authorities received a tip that a trove of smuggled contraband was passing through the Black Sea city of Samsun in two vehicles. For Turkish police, that’s nothing out of the ordinary. At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, the country is a transit point for everything from drugs, to refugees, arms and, in this case, smuggled antiquities. However, when they popped open the trunk on one of the suspicious cars, they found something more exciting than the usual trove of Byzantine coins or Seljuk arrowheads. Wrapped in only a plastic bag was a leather tome emblazoned with ...