Sardes and Bintepe Aerial Monitoring and Security Center Opened
Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy inaugurated the Sardes Ancient City and Bintepe Lydian Tumuli Aerial Monitoring and Security Center.
With the new center inaugurated by Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, the Sardes Ancient City and Bintepe Lydian Tumuli have begun to be protected from the sky using high-technology drones.
Aerial Monitoring and Security Center
Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy officially inaugurated the Sardes Ancient City and Bintepe Lydian Tumuli Aerial Monitoring and Security Center.
Drone Systems and Security
An area of approximately 75 square kilometers in the Bintepeler region will be monitored aerially using long-range, high-capability drones equipped with night vision capabilities. The former excavation house near Karnıyarık Tepe has been renovated for this center.
Anti-Smuggling Data
Built upon three main pillars—preventing cultural property smuggling, international cooperation, and restitution—13,474 cultural properties have been brought back to Turkey since 2002.
UNESCO and International Cooperations
The inclusion of Bintepeler, which also houses the monumental tomb of Lydian King Alyattes, in the UNESCO World Heritage List has registered the universal value of this heritage. Additionally, the memorandum of understanding signed with the US has been extended.