Turkey ruining its cultural heritage, one building at a time
(WorldNews Turkey)

TikTok`s 90 days in the cooking pot Istanbul`s Galata Tower has survived earthquakes and the fall of empires, but the monument has been unable to withstand the jackhammer of the Turkish Ministry of Culture. On August 12, video footage of two restoration workers jackhammering the 14th-century structure sparked outrage and sent concerned citizens flocking to the site. Mahir Polat, head of the Cultural Assets Department of Istanbul municipality, was not allowed into the tower, ostensibly to avoid further damage. The next day, Culture Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy tweeted that “workers were merely removing stones that had been recently added” – a claim that Polat disputed. This is not the first...