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flag Turkey refuses to return 2,700-year-old Siloam Inscription to Israel, calling Jerusalem’s heritage untouchable.

flag Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed Turkey’s refusal to hand over the 2,700-year-old Siloam Inscription, a Hebrew artifact housed in Istanbul’s archaeology museum, to Israel, calling Jerusalem’s heritage untouchable and not for bargaining. flag The statement, made during the NATO summit, underscores ongoing diplomatic tensions, particularly following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s past attempts to obtain the artifact. flag Erdogan emphasized Turkey’s support for Palestinian sovereignty and Jerusalem’s status as a shared historical and spiritual site, rejecting any notion of the city’s heritage being subject to political negotiation.

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