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The
ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has proposed a draft law
that will formally re-establish the signatures of Ottoman sultans and
other royal marks of the Ottoman Empire on public
buildings.
buildings.
A
group of AKP deputies led by Zeki Aygün presented the draft law to
Parliament with the approval of the party administration. The bill
repeals a 1927 law that stipulated that all tughras (signature of an
Ottoman sultan), Ottoman coats of arms, epitaphs and eulogiums on public buildings must be moved to museums. If the removal is potentially damaging, then the piece must be covered instead.
repeals a 1927 law that stipulated that all tughras (signature of an
Ottoman sultan), Ottoman coats of arms, epitaphs and eulogiums on public buildings must be moved to museums. If the removal is potentially damaging, then the piece must be covered instead.
The AKP MPs justified the introduction of the bill on the grounds that it will mean “making peace with history” and help protect cultural heritage. The bill also calls for the Ministry of Culture to locate, restore and preserve the aforementioned artifacts that were previously moved elsewhere.
on the grounds that it will mean “making peace with history” and help protect cultural heritage. The bill also calls for the Ministry of Culture to locate, restore and preserve the aforementioned artifacts that were previously moved elsewhere.
The 1927 law was practiced in the
early years of the Republic, following the abolition of the Ottoman
Sultanate in 1922. Like several other laws from the revolutionary
period, the law had not been practiced for decades. In fact, tughras in
historical buildings have already been restored, instead of moved. One
example is the tughra on the gate of Istanbul University, which was recently restor
, which was recently restor
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