Lost Charter Revealed at an Auction in England

Also known as ‘Foundation Certificate’, Lost all correspondence of the Zaganoş Pasha Foundation ‘charity’It has been learned that it will be put up for sale at an auction to be held on October 21 in London, the capital of England. Starting work immediately for the return of the charter. Registration Office of the General Directorate of Foundations and the Directorate General of Cultural Heritage Museums, Department of Smuggling, for the return of the artifact. InterpolIt was recorded that he applied to .

Ottoman Sultan Fatih Sultan Mehmetbearing the monogram of 1462 The lost Zaganos Pasha Foundation foundation charter dated 866 Hijri, corresponding to the year of; It has been stated that it includes the purpose and conditions of the establishment of the Zağanos Pasha Foundation and begins with ‘Besmele’. The names of the founders of the foundation are also written on the foundation, which is written in black ink and in Arabic handwriting.

There are 22 or 23 works lost in the last years of the Ottoman Empire and the first years of the Republic.

The opening price of the piece, which is 20.5 cm wide and 114 cm long, partially strengthened by red weaving, is 80 thousand pounds, that is 980 thousand TL it has been reported. As a result of the research carried out jointly by the Department of Smuggling of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage Museums and the Directorate of Registration of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, General Directorate of Foundations; which took place between 1918-1920 British occupation of Istanbul during one of the smuggled artifacts was detected.

In addition to the charter, In the last years of the Ottoman Empire and the first years of the Republic period similarly smuggled, sold or donated 22 or 23 lost artifacts was recorded. It was stated that the work is ongoing to identify the lost artifacts and, once they are detected, the procedures for their return to Turkey have been initiated immediately.