700-year old Torah seized in southern Turkey

Turkish National Police Academy students celebrate the anniversary of the Turkish Police Department on April 10, 2017. ( Erçin Top – Anadolu Agency )

Turkish security forces seized an ancient Torah manuscript Sunday in the southern Mugla province.

Written on gazelle leather, the Torah is thought to date back at least 700 years.

Security forces launched an operation after receiving intelligence that an ancient Torah was being sold for 7.5 million Turkish Lira.

The suspects were later captured in the Seydikemer district while bargaining about the ancient manuscript.

The police handed the manuscript over to the Fethiye Museum for a detailed examination.

Unless otherwise stated in the article above, this work by Middle East Monitor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. If the image(s) bear our credit, this license also applies to them. What does that mean? For other permissions, please contact us.