The two-day photographic exhibition in Kobani concluded with the aim of shedding light on the violations of the Turkish occupation against antiquities in Afrin, two days after its opening.
In order to highlight the repeated Turkish violations against the Syrian antiquities in Afrin, which has been occupied by Turkey for more than a year and a half, the Directorate of Antiquities and Museums in the Afrin region organizes exhibitions reviewing the damage to antiquities in Afrin since it was occupied by Turkey.
The Directorate at the Baqi Khedo Center for Culture and Art in Kobani yesterday opened a photographic exhibition featuring photos and television (video footage showing the destruction of antiquities with an explanation), showing archaeological sites before and after Turkey’s occupation of Afrin.
The exhibition, entitled “Call of Civilization”, was attended by dozens of residents as well as members of institutions in Kobani district.
The exhibition has already been organized in al-Shahba, Aleppo and the city of Qamishlo, to move yesterday to Kobani, which concluded the activities of the exhibition on Wednesday afternoon.